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Persons : what philosophers say about you
- Title
- Persons : what philosophers say about you / Warren Bourgeois.
- Author
- Bourgeois, Verne Warren, 1947-
- Publication
- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | B828.5 .B658 2003g | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- v, 533 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Prompted by tragedy - a loved one's descent into dementia - Warren Bourgeois explored Western philosophical ideas to discover what constitutes a "person." The first edition of Persons - What Philosophers Say About You was the result of his search.
- This new second edition focuses on making this material easily accessible to students, and has been redesigned as an introduction to the philosophy of mind and its history, concentrating on the central concept of "person" in contemporary controversies concerning abortion, euthanasia, genetic engineering, and human rights."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-516) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Where I Am Coming From -- Pt. 1. Philosophical Background -- Ch. 1. The Nature of Persons -- Ch. 2. So Who Cares? -- Pt. 2. Ancient Philosophers' Views on Persons -- Ch. 3. Persons in Ancient Greece and Rome -- Ch. 4. The Mediaevals -- Pt. 3. Modern Philosophers' Views on Persons -- Ch. 5. The Renaissance and the Early Moderns -- Ch. 6. More Moderns -- Ch. 7. Yet More Moderns -- Pt. 4. Contemporary Philosophers' Views on Persons -- Ch. 8. Our Contemporaries (or Almost) -- Ch. 9. Analytic Founding Fathers -- Ch. 10. More Contemporary Classics -- Ch. 11. Wiggins and Williams -- Ch. 12. Nozick's Self-Makers -- Ch. 13. Parfit: The Oxford Buddhist -- Ch. 14. The Nagelian Perspective -- Pt. 5. My Suggestions for Ways to See Ourselves -- Ch. 15. Collecting Ideas -- Ch. 16. A Bourgeois Concept of a Person -- Ch. 17. Applications of My Concept of a Person.
- ISBN
- 0889203792
- OCLC
- ocm48118030
- SCSB-4798635
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries