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An amnesia victim asking "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...



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Schechtman has greatly enriched the discussion of personal identity. This stimulating book enlarges our sense of the philosophically possible.

-- Christopher Williams, University of Nevada at Reno * The Philosophical Review *

This excellent and engaging book succeeds in raising questions about the dominant approach to asking questions about our identities and our concern for the future, as well as in offering... the beginnings of an alternative way to ask and answer such questions. That's quite a lot of philosophical work in such a short book.

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The Constitution of Selves

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: 27/09/2007
      ISBN13: 9780801474170, 978-0801474170
      ISBN10: 0801474175
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      An amnesia victim asking "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...



      Trade Review

      Schechtman has greatly enriched the discussion of personal identity. This stimulating book enlarges our sense of the philosophically possible.

      -- Christopher Williams, University of Nevada at Reno * The Philosophical Review *

      This excellent and engaging book succeeds in raising questions about the dominant approach to asking questions about our identities and our concern for the future, as well as in offering... the beginnings of an alternative way to ask and answer such questions. That's quite a lot of philosophical work in such a short book.

      * Ethics *

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