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- catalog abstract "An amnesia victim who asks "Who am I?" means something different from a confused adolescent asking the same question. Marya Schechtman takes issue with analytic philosophy's emphasis on the first sort of question to the exclusion of the second. The problem of personal identity, she suggests, is usually understood to be a question about historical life. What she calls the "reidentification question" is taken to be the real metaphysical question of personal identity, whereas questions about beliefs or values and the actions they prompt - the "characterization question"--Are often presented as merely metaphorical. Failure to recognize the philosophical importance of both, Schechtman argues, has undermined analytic philosophy's attempts to offer a satisfying account of personal identity. Considerations related to the characterization question creep unrecognized into discussions of reidentification, with the result that neither question is adequately addressed. Schechtman shows how separating the two allows for a more fruitful approach to the reidentification question, and she develops her own narrative account of characterization.".
- catalog contributor b9700574.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "1. The Reidentification Question -- 2. The Problems of Logical Form -- 3. The Extreme Claim -- 4. The Characterization Question -- 5. The Narrative Self-Constitution View -- 6. Characterization and the Four Features.".
- catalog description "An amnesia victim who asks "Who am I?" means something different from a confused adolescent asking the same question. Marya Schechtman takes issue with analytic philosophy's emphasis on the first sort of question to the exclusion of the second. The problem of personal identity, she suggests, is usually understood to be a question about historical life. What she calls the "reidentification question" is taken to be the real metaphysical question of personal identity, whereas questions about beliefs or values and the actions they prompt - the "characterization question"--Are often presented as merely metaphorical.".
- catalog description "Failure to recognize the philosophical importance of both, Schechtman argues, has undermined analytic philosophy's attempts to offer a satisfying account of personal identity. Considerations related to the characterization question creep unrecognized into discussions of reidentification, with the result that neither question is adequately addressed. Schechtman shows how separating the two allows for a more fruitful approach to the reidentification question, and she develops her own narrative account of characterization.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 169 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0801431670 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog subject "126 20".
- catalog subject "BC199.I4 S33 1996".
- catalog subject "Identity (Philosophical concept)".
- catalog subject "Individuality.".
- catalog subject "Self-knowledge, Theory of.".
- catalog subject "Self.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Reidentification Question -- 2. The Problems of Logical Form -- 3. The Extreme Claim -- 4. The Characterization Question -- 5. The Narrative Self-Constitution View -- 6. Characterization and the Four Features.".
- catalog title "The constitution of selves / Marya Schechtman.".
- catalog type "text".