Personal Identity. Complex or Simple?
Georg Gasser, Matthias Stefan (Eds.)
- Assesses the arguments offered in favor of and against the analyzability of personal identity
- Innovative discussion of 'complex' and 'simple' theories about the nature of personal identity
- Contains several articles providing a detailed and critical evaluation of the 'simple view'
Reviews & endorsements
"...This valuable collection brings together twelve original contributions and one reply by some of the most prominent theorists working on the issue of personal identity.... show the richness and complexity of present-day metaphysical debates about personal identity."
--Annalisa Coliva, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia/COGITO, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
"...Gasser and Stefan’s book offers an important and timely discussion of central issues in personal identity. This is an exceptionally fine volume, all things considered."
---George Lăzăroiu, PhD, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies in, Humanities and Social Sciences, New York, Review of Contemporary Philosophy
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013
ISBN: 9781107014442