Animalism: New Essays on Persons, Animals, and Identity
Stephan Blatti and Paul F. Snowdon
Abstract
Animalism is the view that we are animals. After being ignored for a long time in philosophical discussions of our nature, this idea has recently gained considerable support in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. It has also, amongst philosophers, occasioned strong opposition, even though it might be said to be the view assumed by much of the scientific community. Animalism: New Essays on Persons, Animals, and Identity is the first volume to be devoted to this important topic and promises to set the agenda for the next stage in the debate. In addition to a substantial introduction by the edito ... More
Animalism is the view that we are animals. After being ignored for a long time in philosophical discussions of our nature, this idea has recently gained considerable support in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. It has also, amongst philosophers, occasioned strong opposition, even though it might be said to be the view assumed by much of the scientific community. Animalism: New Essays on Persons, Animals, and Identity is the first volume to be devoted to this important topic and promises to set the agenda for the next stage in the debate. In addition to a substantial introduction by the editors, contributors to the volume include Lynne Rudder Baker, Stephan Blatti, Tim Campbell, David Hershenov, Jens Johansson, Mark Johnston, Rory Madden, Jeff McMahan, Eric Olson, Derek Parfit, Mark Reid, Denis Robinson, David Shoemaker, Sydney Shoemaker, and Paul Snowdon.
Keywords:
animalism,
personal identity,
persons,
identity,
constitution,
Locke, John,
consciousness,
brain,
mind,
metaphysics,
Snowdon, Paul,
Blatti, Stephan
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2016 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199608751 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2016 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199608751.001.0001 |
