The Phenomenal Self

by Barry Dainton

Book Overview

Barry Dainton presents a fascinating new account of the self, the key to which is experiential or phenomenal continuity.

Provided our mental life continues we can easily imagine ourselves surviving the most dramatic physical alterations, or even moving from one body to another. It was this fact that led John Locke to conclude that a credible account of our persistence conditions - an account which reflects how we actually conceive of ourselves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199692246
• ISBN13: 9780199692248
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"