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D., Colgate University

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Personal Identity and Fractured Selves should appeal to both general and specialized audiences. -- Emily Esch Metapsychology 2010 A good read. -- John C. Racy Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2010

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Preface
Introduction. A "Two Cultures" Phrasebook
Part I: Foundations
Chapter 1. How Philosophers Think about Persons, Personal Identity, and the Self
Chapter 2. Toward a Neurobiology of Personal Identity
Chapter 3. Case Studies
Part II: Philosophers Hold Forth
Chapter 4. Getting Our Stories Straight: Self-narrative and Personal Identity
Chapter 5. Personal Identity and Choice
Chapter 6. Diminished and Fractured Selves
Part III: Neuroscientists Push Back
Chapter 7. After Locke: Darwin, Freud, and Psychiatric Assessment
Chapter 8. The Fictional Self
Conclusion: Common Threads
References
Index

Personal Identity and Fractured Selves

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 7 December 2009
      ISBN-13 9780801893384
      978-0801893384
      ISBN-10 0801893380
      Also in:
      Neurology and clinical neurophysiology Cognition and cognitive psychology Philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      D., Colgate University

      Trade Review
      Personal Identity and Fractured Selves should appeal to both general and specialized audiences. -- Emily Esch Metapsychology 2010 A good read. -- John C. Racy Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2010

      Table of Contents

      List of Contributors
      Preface
      Introduction. A "Two Cultures" Phrasebook
      Part I: Foundations
      Chapter 1. How Philosophers Think about Persons, Personal Identity, and the Self
      Chapter 2. Toward a Neurobiology of Personal Identity
      Chapter 3. Case Studies
      Part II: Philosophers Hold Forth
      Chapter 4. Getting Our Stories Straight: Self-narrative and Personal Identity
      Chapter 5. Personal Identity and Choice
      Chapter 6. Diminished and Fractured Selves
      Part III: Neuroscientists Push Back
      Chapter 7. After Locke: Darwin, Freud, and Psychiatric Assessment
      Chapter 8. The Fictional Self
      Conclusion: Common Threads
      References
      Index

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