Self to Self: Selected Essays - Softcover

Velleman, J. David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521670241 ISBN 13: 9780521670241

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

This book brings together essays on personal identity, autonomy, and moral emotions by the distinguished philosopher J. David Velleman. Although each of the essays was written as an independent piece, they are unified by an encompassing thesis, that there is no single entity denoted by "the self," as well as by themes from Kantian ethics, psychoanalytic theory, social psychology, and Velleman's work in the philosophy of action. Two of the essays were selected by the editors of Philosophers' Annual as being among the ten best papers in their year of publication.

About this title

Book Description:

Self to Self brings together essays on personal identity, autonomy, and moral emotions by the distinguished philosopher J. David Velleman. Although each of the essays was written as an independent piece, they are unified by an overarching thesis, that there is no single entity denoted by "the self," as well as by themes from Kantian ethics, psychoanalytic theory, social psychology, and Velleman's work in the philosophy of action.

About the Author:

J. David Velleman is professor of philosophy at New York University. He is the author of Practical Reflection and The Possibility of Practical Reasoning, and edits the online journal Philosophers' Imprint. His articles have appeared in The Philosophical Review, Ethics, and Mind among other publications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521670241
• ISBN 13: 9780521670241
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400