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Dementia - Mind, Meaning, and the Person (Hardcover, New)
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Dementia - Mind, Meaning, and the Person (Hardcover, New)
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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Dementia is an illness that raises important questions about our
own attitudes to illness and aging. It also raises very important
issues beyond the bounds of dementia to do with how we think of
ourselves as people - fundamental questions about personal
identity. Is the person with dementia the same person he or she was
before? Is the individual with dementia a person at all? In a
striking way, dementia seems to threaten the very existence of the
self. This book brings together philosophers and practitioners to
explore the conceptual issues that arise in connection with this
increasingly common illness. Drawing on a variety of philosophers
such as Descartes, Locke, Hume, Wittgenstein, the authors explore
the nature of personal identity in dementia. They also show how the
lives and selfhood of people with dementia can be enhanced by
attention to their psychosocial and spiritual environment.
Throughout, the book conveys a strong ethical message, arguing in
favour of treating people with dementia with all the dignity they
deserve as human beings. The book covers a range of topics,
stretching from talk of basic biology to talk of a spiritual
understanding of people with dementia. Accessibly written by
leading figures in psychiatry and philosophy, the book presents a
unique and long overdue examination of an illness that features in
so many of our lives.
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