The Self, Supervenience and Personal Identity

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Synopsis

First published in 1997, this volume addresses the issue of personal identity by examining the possibility that a person is ascribed identity on the basis of having a supervenient self. Ronald G. Alexander uses the methods of non-eidetic phenomenology and analytic ontology to argue that the self is supervenient on the physical and psychological properties of the human being. Understood through the manner Alexander advocates, the self is not a statis entity, but reflects the temporal nature of the person. Alexander argues that the self is the ‘pattern’, ‘character’, or ‘narrative identity’ that is the outcome of a person’s decision-making and actions.

Book details

Series:
Routledge Revivals
Author:
Roland G. Alexander
ISBN:
9780429772740
Related ISBNs:
9780429430367, 9781138366275, 9781138366329
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
166
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2023-09-10
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1997
Copyright by:
R. Alexander 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Philosophy