Presentación correspondiente a la séptima clase del semestre 2008-1

Preentación correspendiente a la octava clase del curso, semestre 2008-1

Presentación correspondiente a la novena clase del semestre 2008-1

The Thesis argues that the concept of personal identity is developed in social circumstances, relating to ideas about how the self continues through time and to person-directed concerns. Chapter one uses William Jamess classification of the constituents of the self, and his idea of the stream of consciousness, as an introduction to the concept. Chapters two and three deal with: George Meads ideas about the self arising in social interaction; Eric Olsons distinction between biological and psychological continuity; Mark Johnstons view of wide psychological continuity and his relativist approach to personal identity; Robert Nozicks notions of reflective self-reference and the closest continuer; Derek Parfits reductionist approach; Wesley Coopers elaboration of Nozicks account. Chapter four favours a physicalist account of the self and a flexible approach to the concept of personal identity, accommodating the needs and practices of the society in which the individual finds himself.

Inaug. - diss. - Königsberg. / Lebenslauf. Verzeichnis der abkürzungen der benutzten quellen: p. [4]-7.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Rostock.

Thesis (doctoral)--Université de Toulouse.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Breslau.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Freiburg i. Br.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 1936. / Vita. Published also without thesis note. Bibliography: p. 265-271.