Models of the Self (Paperback)

Francis Crick, scientists of the DNA double-helix fame, put forward an "Astonishing Hypothesis" (1994) that your sense of personal identity is nothing more than the behaviour of your nerve cells and associated chemicals. This book is a discussion on the nature of the "self". It is a comprehensive reader on the problem of the self as seen from the perspectives of philosophy, development psychology, robotics, cognitive neuroscience, psychopathology, semiotics, phenomenology and contemplative studies. One chapter, by neurologist, Jonathan Cole, centers around his interviews with blind people, including Education Minister David Blunkett, on the importance of seeing faces for our sense of identity. The discussions that are presented here are all based around a keynote paper by Galen Strawson, who reviews the whole debate at the end of the book.

General

Imprint:	Imprint Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2000
First published:	April 2000
Editors:	Shaun Gallagher • Jonathan Shear
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	524
ISBN-13:	978-0-907845-09-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology Books > Social sciences > Psychology > The self, ego, identity, personality Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General Books > Philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-907845-09-6
Barcode:	9780907845096

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