{"product_id":"experimental-philosophy-of-identity-and-the-self-9781350246898","title":"Experimental Philosophy of Identity and the Self","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring issues ranging from the metaphysical to the moral and legal, a team of esteemed contributors bring together some of the most important and cutting-edge findings in experimental philosophy of the self to address longstanding philosophical questions about personal identity, such as: What makes us today the same person as our childhood and future selves? Can certain changes transform us into a different person? Do our everyday moral practices presuppose a false account of who we are? Chapters offer a survey of recent empirical work and foster dialogue between experimental and traditional philosophical approaches to identity, covering the moral self, dual character concepts, true self, transformative experience and the identity conditions collective entities. With novel experiments and thought-provoking applications to practical concerns including law, immigration, bioethics and politics, this collection highlights the value and implications of empirical work on personal identity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheories of personal identity are unavoidably based, in part, on intuitions about what changes we could and could not survive. But discovering what our intuitions really are and understanding what they show are difficult. The essays in this brilliant collection constitute the best work to date on these important issues. * Jeff McMahan, Sekyra and White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK *\u003cbr\u003eThe last decade has seen an explosion of work on how people think about the self. Tobia’s outstanding collection provides an ideal introduction to the state-of-the-art and an impressive set of articles by leaders in the field. It will be essential reading for anyone working on the nature of self and personal identity. * Shaun Nichols, Professor of Philosophy, Cornell University, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, \u003ci\u003eKevin Tobia (Georgetown University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  1. For Who Do Moral Changes Matter? The Influence of Change Type, Direction, and Target on Judgments of Identity Persistence, \u003ci\u003eJim Everett (University of Kent, UK), Joshua Skorburg (Duke University, USA), Jordan Livingstone (University of Toronto, Canada), Vlad Chituc (Yale University, USA), and Molly Crockett (Yale University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e   2. Identity Crisis, \u003ci\u003eChristina Starmans (University of Toronto, Canada)\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Personal Identity and Dual Character Concepts, \u003ci\u003eJosh Knobe (Yale University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 4. What’s Left of Me? The Role of Self-Continuity in Decision Making and Judgments about Identity Persistence, \u003ci\u003eStephanie Chen (London Business School, UK) and Oleg Urminsky (University of Chicago, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 5. Personal Identity and Morality, \u003ci\u003eHarold Noonan (University of Nottingham, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 6. The Whole Story: Identity and Narrative,\u003ci\u003e Marya Schechtman (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 7. What Matters in Psychological Continuity? Using Meditative Traditions to Identify Biases in Intuitions about Personal Persistence, \u003ci\u003eMegan Sullivan (University of Notre Dame, USA) and Preston Greene (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Memory as Evidence of Personal Identity. A Study on Reincarnation Beliefs, \u003ci\u003eVilius Dranseika (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eJagiellonian University, Poland)\u003c\/i\u003e 9. The Importance of Morality for One’s Self-Concept Predicts Perceptions of Personal Change after Remembering Wrongdoings, \u003ci\u003eMatthew Stanley (Duke University, USA) and Felipe de Brigard (Duke University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Uncomfortable Decisions, \u003ci\u003ePaul Bloom (Yale University, USA) and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaurie Paul (Yale University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 11. Experimental Philosophical Bioethics of Personal Identity,  \u003ci\u003eBrian Earp (University of Oxford, UK), Ivar Hannikainen (University of Granada, Spain), Joshua Skorburg (Duke University, USA), and Jim Everett (University of Kent, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 12. Authenticity as a Pathway to Coherence, Purpose, and Significance, \u003ci\u003eRebecca Schlegel (Texas A\u0026amp;M University, USA), Joshua Hicks (Texas A\u0026amp;M University, USA), Patricia N. Holte (Texas A\u0026amp;M University, USA), Joe Maffly-Kipp (Texas A\u0026amp;M University, USA), Devin Guthrie (Texas A\u0026amp;M University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 13. Corporate Identity, \u003ci\u003eMihailis Diamantis (University of Iowa, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 14. The Essence of an Immigrant Identity: Children’s Pro-social Responses to Others Based on Perceived Ability and Desire to Change,\u003ci\u003e J\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eames Dunlea (Columbia University, USA), Redeate Wolle (Columbia University, USA). and Larisa Heiphetz (Columbia University, USA) \u003c\/i\u003e 15.“Human” Is an Essentially Political Category, \u003ci\u003eDavid Livingstone Smith (University of New England, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019644862807,"sku":"9781350246898","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350246898.jpg?v=1750780887","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/experimental-philosophy-of-identity-and-the-self-9781350246898","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}