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The book "Personal Identity And Self-consciousness" by Brian Garrett discusses the nature of persons, their values, and their consciousness. Garrett begins by proposing a new theory of personal identity over time, and then defends the importance of personal identity against recent sceptical attack. He explores the nature of self-consciousness by examining the pronoun "I" and the various grounds on which our I judgements mean.
This volume presents a theory of persons: their nature, their values, and their consciousness. The author begins by proposing a new theory of personal identity over time. Next, he defends the importance of personal identity against recent sceptical attack. And finally, he explores the nature of self-consciousness by examining the pronoun I and the various grounds of what our I judgements mean. Brian Garrett places recent discussions of personal identity in a broader context, and links the question of the understanding of persons with other central issues in philosophy, notably the problem of self-consciousness and ethical questions relating to our nature as persons. Review: Brian Garrett has written an intelligent, thoughtful and thought-provoking book, which significantly moves the debate along, and which should be read by students and by all philosophers interested in personal identity. -Paul Snowdon, Oxford University
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