The Human Animal: Personal Identity Without Psychology

ISBN-13: 9780195134230 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 200 str.

Eric T. Olson

Opis

Most philosophers writing about personal identity in recent years claim that what it takes for us to persist through time is a matter of psychology. In this groundbreaking new book, Eric Olson argues that such approaches face daunting problems, and he defends in their place a radically non-psychological account of personal identity. He defines human beings as biological organisms, and claims that no psychological relation is either sufficient or necessary for an organism to persist. Rejecting several famous thought experiments dealing with personal identity, he instead argues that one could survive the destruction of all of one's psychological contents and capabilities as long as the human organism remains alive.

Recenzje

This is the most original piece of writing on these matters that I have read in several years. I recommend it highly.

O autorze

About the Author: Eric Olson is a Lecturer in philosophy at Cambridge University.