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Structuring the Self

Palgrave Macmillan
  • 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

Part of the book series: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science (NDPCS)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Being Realist About Structures

    • Majid Davoody Beni
    Pages 43-80
  3. The Structural Realist Theory of the Self

    • Majid Davoody Beni
    Pages 117-158
  4. Phenomenal Aspects of the Self

    • Majid Davoody Beni
    Pages 159-210
  5. Social and Moral Aspects of the Self

    • Majid Davoody Beni
    Pages 211-239
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 241-245

About this book

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.





      
            

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan city, Kazakhstan

    Majid Davoody Beni

About the author

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).



          

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Softcover Book USD 64.99
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