Kathleen Wallace

The Network Self

Relation, Process, and Personal Identity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a systematic treatment of the notion of the self as constituted by social, cultural, political, and biological relations, incorporating practical concerns and addresses how a relational self has agency, autonomy, responsibility, and continuity through time in the face of change and impairments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780367077488
• ISBN-10: 0367077485
• Artikelnr.: 55811863

Autorenporträt

Kathleen Wallace is Professor of Philosophy at Hofstra University, USA. She has worked in American Philosophy, and is an expert on the work of Justus Buchler. She has also worked in the areas of Metaphysics of Personal Identity, Hume Studies, and Feminism. Some representative articles include include "Personal Identity of an Intersectional Self," "On-line Anonymity," "Educating for Autonomy: Identity and Intersectional Selves," and "Autonomous 'I' of an Intersectional Self."

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to the Network Self
2. The Relational Process Self: The Cumulative Network Model
3. Identity and the Network Self
4. Fusion and Fission: Thought Experiments, Persons and Personal Identity
5. First Person Perspective and Reflexive Selves
6. Autonomy and the Network Self
7. Responsibility and the Network Self