Contributors.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Personal Identity & What Matters in Survival: A Historical Overview: Raymond Martin (University of Maryland at College Park) and John Barresi (Dalhousie University).
1. The Self and the Future: Bernard Williams (All Souls, Oxford University).
2. Personal Identity through Time: Robert Nozick (Harvard University).
3. Why Our Identity is Not What Matters: Derek Parfit (All Souls, Oxford University).
4. Survival and Identity and Postscripts: David Lewis (Princeton University).
5. Personal Identity and the Unity of Agency: A Kantian Response to Parfit: Christine Korsgaard (Harvard University).
6. Fission and the Focus of One's Life: Peter Unger (New York University).
7. Surviving Matters: Ernest Sosa (Brown University).
8. Fission Rejuvenation: Raymond Martin (University of Maryland, College Park).
9. Empathic Access: The Missing Ingredient in Personal Identity: Marya Schechtman (University of Illinois at Chicago).
10. Human Concerns Without Superlative Selves: Mark Johnston (Princeton University).
11. The Unimportance of Identity: Derek Parfit (All Souls, Oxford University).
12. An Argument for Animalism: Eric Olson (Churchill College, Cambridge University).
13. The Self: Galen Strawson (Jesus College, Oxford University).
Books on Personal Identity since 1970.
Index.
Raymond Martin is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the
Philosophy Department at Union College. He previously taught at the
University of Maryland, College Park where he is now Emeritus
Professor. His books include The Past Within Us (1989) and
Self-Concern: An Experiential Approach to What Matters in Survival
(1998).
John Barresi is Professor of Psychology at Dalhousie University. In collaboration with Raymond Martin, he has co-authored Naturalization of the Soul: Self and Personal Identity in the Eighteenth Century (2000).
‘This volume gathers together important essays from two generations
of debate concerning the problem of personal identity. Does
identity matter as much as survival? Is survival based on
psychological continuity or on the animal body? Does the self last
through a lifetime, or for much shorter periods of time? Should
ethical issues about personhood constrain our metaphysical
conceptions of the person? The editors provide a historical
framework that places all of these questions in clear perspective.’
Shaun Gallagher, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York
‘A balanced and stimulating anthology, capped by a valuable
historical survey of the issues. It's a natural for either primary
or secondary class readings.’ Stephen Braude, University of
Maryland Baltimore County
‘This volume is a balanced collection of important contemporary
essays on personal identity. The editors’ detailed historical
overview provides a useful context for the essays. Overall, the
book will be an excellent text for graduate and upper-level
undergraduate courses, as well as a convenient resource for
professional philosophers.’ Lynne Rudder Baker, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst
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