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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456001003321

Autore

Bourgeois Verne Warren <1947->

Titolo

Persons [[electronic resource] ] : what philosophers say about you / / Warren Bourgeois

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-280-92547-7

9780585464359

9786610925476

0-88920-946-4

0-585-46435-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (540 p.)

Disciplina

128

Soggetti

Persons

Identity (Philosophical concept)

Self (Philosophy)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-516) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction - Where I Am Coming From; Part 1: Philosophical Background; Part 2: Ancient Philosophers' Views on Persons; Part 3: Modern Philosophers' Views on Persons; Part 4: Contemporary Philosophers' Views on Persons; Part 5: My Suggestions for Ways to See Ourselves; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Can a person suffer radical change and still be the same person?     Are there human beings who are not persons at all?     Western philosophers, from the ancient Greeks to contemporary thinkers, gave the concept of ""person"" great importance in their discussions. They saw it as crucial to our understanding of our world and our place in it.     Prompted by tragedy - a loved one's descent into dementia - Warren Bourgeois explored Western philosophical ideas to discover what constitutes a ""person."" The first edition of Persons - What Philosophers Say About You was th