- Provides a cross-disciplinary approach to the self informed by recent breakthroughs in neuroscience and theoretical biology
- Originates a new stream of research by projecting the flourishing theory of Structural Realism into the field of cognitive science
- Suggests a way of reconciling various and at times opposing scientific and philosophical theories of the field
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- About this book
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This book presents a unified account of the self, based on a network of knowledge sourced from several scientific accounts of selfhood. Beni constructs his ontological account of the self from the common structure that underpins the theoretical diversity that is manifested in rival and sometimes incompatible scientific accounts of the self and its aspects. The enterprise is inspired by recent structural realist theories in the philosophy of science, specifying the basic structure of the self, and explaining how representational, phenomenal, and social aspects of the self are embodied within this structure.
- About the authors
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Dr. Majid D. Beni is affiliated with the Department of History, Philosophy and Religious Studies at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He is the author of Cognitive Structural Realism (2019).
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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The Self, Its Substance, and Its Structure: A Selective History
Pages 1-42
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Being Realist About Structures
Pages 43-80
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To Be Many or Not to Be, Grounds for a Structural Realist Account of the Self
Pages 81-116
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The Structural Realist Theory of the Self
Pages 117-158
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Phenomenal Aspects of the Self
Pages 159-210
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Structuring the Self
- Authors
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- Majid Davoody Beni
- Series Title
- New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-31102-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-31102-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-31101-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-31104-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 245
- Topics
