Subjectivity and being somebody [[electronic resource] ] : human identity and neuroethics / / Grant Gillett

• Autore: Gillett Grant
• Pubblicazione: Exeter, : Imprint Academic, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Disciplina: 128.2
• Soggetto topico: Subjectivity; Identity (Psychology)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Dedication; Preface; Subjectivity and Being Somebody; Introduction; Origins; What I Am Not; MetaphysicalSubjectivity; The Moral Subject; The Sins of the Fathers; Deep Play in theMechanics of Mind; Names and Narratives; Care of the Soul; The Expulsion ofHumanity; Retrospective andConclusion; Back Matter; Appendices; Appendix A: On method in moral science; Appendix B: Essence and identity; Appendix C: On possible worlds and metaphysics; Appendix D: Kant's I and the refutation of idealism; Appendix E: On natural kinds ; Appendix F: The problem of referenceBibliography; Also Available
• Sommario/riassunto: This book uses a neo-Aristotelian framework to examine human subjectivity as an embodied being. It examines the varieties of reductionism that affect philosophical writing about human origins and identity, and explores the nature of rational subjectivity as emergent from our neurobiological constitution. This allows a consideration of the effect of neurological interventions such as psychosurgery, neuroimplantation, and the promise of cyborgs on the image of the human. It then examines multi...
• Titolo autorizzato: Subjectivity and being somebody
• ISBN: 1-283-44533-6; 9786613445339; 1-84540-284-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813391003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs.