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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815133903321

Autore

Flanagan Owen J.

Titolo

Self expressions : mind, morals, and the meaning of life / / Owen Flanagan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-773163-5

1-280-45127-0

9786610451272

0-19-802571-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

126

128.2

Soggetti

Self

Identity (Psychology)

Life

Philosophy of mind

Psychology and philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction: What Makes Life Worth Living?; 2. Is a Science of the Conscious Mind Possible?; 3. Self-Expression in Sleep: Neuroscience and Dreams; 4. Neuroscience, Agency, and the Meaning of Life; 5. Multiple Identity, Character Transformation, and Self-Reclamation; 6. I Remember You; 7. Children, Other Minds, and Honesty; 8. Ethics Naturalized: Ethics as Human Ecology; 9. Identity and Reflection; 10. Virtue and Ignorance; 11. Admirable Immorality and Admirable Imperfection; 12. Self-Confidences; 13. Epilogue: Save the Last Dance for Me; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L

MN; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of the author's essays on such topics as the scientific explanation of consciousness, the moral socialization of children, and the nature and issues of psychological phenomena such as multiple personality disorder and false memory syndrome.