Body, mind and self in Hume's critical realism /:

This essay proposes that Hume's non-substantialist bundle account of minds is basically correct. The concept of a person is not a metaphysical notion but a forensic one, that of a being who enters into the moral and normative relations of civil society. A person is a bundle but it is also a str...

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1. Verfasser: Wilson, Fred
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2008.
Schriftenreihe:Philosophische Analyse ; Bd. 22.
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Zusammenfassung:This essay proposes that Hume's non-substantialist bundle account of minds is basically correct. The concept of a person is not a metaphysical notion but a forensic one, that of a being who enters into the moral and normative relations of civil society. A person is a bundle but it is also a structured bundle. Hume's metaphysics of relations is argued must be replaced by a more adequate one such as that of Russell, but beyond that Hume's account is essentially correct. In particular it is argued that it is one's character that constitutes one's identity; and that sympathy and the passions of pr.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (539 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110327076
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