Identity, Personal Identity and the Self

by John Perry

Overview

This volume collects a number of Perry’s classic works on personal identity as well as four new pieces, The Two Faces of Identity,Persons and Information,Self-Notions and The Self, and The Sense of Identity. Perry’s Introduction puts his own work and that of others on the issues of identity and personal identity in the context of philosophical studies of mind and language over the past thirty years.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603847865
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	06/15/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	560 KB

About the Author

John Perry is H. W. Stuart Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University.

Table of Contents

Introduction

I. IDENTITY AND INDIVIDUATION:

The Same F
Relative Identity and Relative Number
Can the Self Divide?
The Two Faces of Identity
II. PERSONAL IDENTITY:

Personal Identity, Memory, and the Problem of Circularity
Williams on the Self and the Future
Personal Identity and the Concept of a Person
The Importance of Being Identical
Persons and Information
III. THE SELF:

Self-Notions and The Self
The Sense of Identity
Glossary

Index

Editorial Reviews

Four previously unpublished and seven revised essays, written between the late 1960s and 2002, are presented by Perry (philosophy, Stanford U.). He grapples with issues of identity and personal identity, addressing the works of other philosophers and posing his own questions. Among the major themes are the relativity of individuation, the role of memory in personal identity, and the problems of self- knowledge. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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