For courses in Introductory Philosophy and Philosophy of Man and Human Nature.
The vitally important concept of the "person" is featured in this anthology of readings from the history of Western philosophy. This text which is philosophically more serious yet still reader-friendly, offers a variety of authors and a wide historical scope in the Philosophy of Human Nature market that generally neglects this topic.
Historical breadth and wide perspectives of authors.
~Readings spanning 2500 years give students a vast source of history and perspectives, while giving instructors great flexibility in choosing readings for assignment.
Introductory summaries and discussion questions.
~ Make the readings more appealing to students and easier for them to read and understand.
Content of the readings—Intersect with discussions in the philosophy of mind, the notion of self, accounts of the soul, and theories of human nature, yet a distinct thread binds all of the readings together.
~ The text is useful for a range of different courses or topics: philosophy of mind, personal identity, human freedom, moral agency, philosophy of human nature (philosophical anthropology), and philosophy of religion.
Topical Units for Constructing Syllabi vii
Preface xi
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1. Plato 1 |
| 1a. Phaedo 80c–84b 2 |
| 1b. Phaedrus 246a–b, 253c–256e 5 |
| 1c. Republic 439c–442b 8 |
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| 2. Aristotle 11 |
| On the Soul, ii.2, iii.4–5 12 |
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| 3. Cicero 17 |
| On Obligations I §§105–118 18 |
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| 4. Epictetus 22 |
| 4a. The Discourses i.2, i.29 23 |
| 4b. The Handbook §17, §37 29 |
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| 5. Clement of Alexandria 30 |
| Protrepticus 10.110.2.2 31 |
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| 6. Boethius 32 |
| Contra Eutychen §§2–4 33 |
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| 7. St Anselm 38 |
| The Incarnation of the Word, §§ 8-16 39 |
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| 8. St Thomas Aquinas 47 |
| Summa Theologica, 1st Part, QQ. 29–30♦ 48 |
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| 9. John Duns Scotus 61 |
| Ordinatio, I, d.26, q.un., excerpt♦ 62 |
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| 10. René Descartes 67 |
| Treatise on Man, excerpt 68 |
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| 11. Thomas Hobbes 76 |
| Leviathan, 1st part, Chapter 16 77 |
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| 12. John Locke 81 |
| An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ii.27 §§9–27 82 |
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| 13. J. O. de la Mettrie 91 |
| Man a Machine, excerpt 92
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| 14. G. W. Leibniz 97 |
| New Essays on the Human Understanding, excerpt 98 |
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| 15. David Hume 108 |
| A Treatise of Human Nature, Book I, Part 4, §6 109 |
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| 16. Immanuel Kant 116 |
| 16a. Critique of Pure Reason, 3rd Paralogism of personality♦ 117 |
| 16b. Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason, excerpt 119 |
| 16c. The Doctrine of Virtue, excerpts♦ 121 |
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| 17. Søren Kierkegaard 125 |
| The Sickness unto Death, excerpt 126 |
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| 18. Auguste Comte 135 |
| The Positive Philosophy, excerpt 136 |
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| 19. F. W. Nietzsche 142 |
| 19a. The Gay Science, §345 143 |
| 19b. Beyond Good and Evil, Part 1 §6, §§16–19, Part 2 §41, Part §3 54, Part §6 207 145 |
| 19c. The Will to Power, §886 150 |
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| 20. Simone Weil 152 |
| “Human Personality” 153 |
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| 21. Jean-Paul Sartre 168 |
| "Existentialism" 169 |
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22. P.F. Strawson 177 |
| Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics, excerpt 178 23. C. D. Broad 187 |
| “The Validity of Belief in a Personal God” 188 |
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| 24. Richard Taylor 199 |
| “The Anattá Doctrine and Personal Identity” 200 |
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| 25. H. G. Frankfurt 206 |
| “Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person”♦ 207 |
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| 26. M. A. Warren 218 |
| “On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion” 219 |
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| 27. Daniel Dennett 226 |
| “Conditions of Personhood” 227 |
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| 28. R. M. Smullyan 241 |
| “Is God a Taoist?” 242 |
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| 29. I. A. Menkiti 255 |
| “Person and Community in African Traditional Thought” 256 |
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| 30. P. A. French 263 |
| “The Corporation as a Moral Person”♦ 264 |
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| 31. Charles Taylor 275 |
| “The Concept of a Person” 276 |
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32. Roland Puccetti 288 |
| "The life of a Person" 289 33. Derek Parfit 299 |
| Reasons and Persons, excerpts♦ 300 |
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| 34. Mary Midgley 313 |
| “Persons and Non-Persons” 314 |
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| 35. Gary Legenhausen 321 |
| “Is God a Person?” 322 |
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| 36. A. O. Rorty 336 |
| “Persons and Personae” 337 |
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| 37. R. G. A. Dolby 351 |
| “The Possibility of Computers becoming Persons,” excerpts 352 |
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| 38. Troels Engberg-Pedersen 365 |
| “Stoic Philosophy and the Concept of the Person”♦ 366 |
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| 39. Oswald Hanfling 379 |
| “Machines as Persons?” excepts 380 |
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| 40. Raymond Martin 387 |
| “Was Spinoza a Person?” 388 |
| Response by Nicholas Rescher 393 |
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| 41. W. O. Stephens 396 |
| “Masks, Androids, and Primates: The Evolution of the Concept ‘Person’” 397 |
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| 42. The Boyd Group 409 |
| “The Moral Status of Non-human Primates: Are Apes Persons?” 410 |
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