Staying alive: personal identity, practical concerns, and the unity of a life

Marya Schechtman offers a new theory of personal identity, which captures the importance of being able to reidentify people in our daily lives. She sees persons as loci of practical interaction, and defines the unity of such a locus in terms of biological, psychological, and social functions, mediat...

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Main Author: Schechtman, Marya 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2014
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Marya Schechtman offers a new theory of personal identity, which captures the importance of being able to reidentify people in our daily lives. She sees persons as loci of practical interaction, and defines the unity of such a locus in terms of biological, psychological, and social functions, mediated through social and cultural infrastructure
ISBN:9780191765155
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199684878.001.0001

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