Collection “Perspectives on the Self” is published
2017. August
Cover: Cathedral of St. James in Šibenik
Berčić, B. (ed.) Perspectives on the Self. University of Rijeka 2017.
Can we upload ourselves to computers? Are our iPhones and Notebooks parts of us? Why is Know thyself! still a good advice? What did the logical positivists think about the Cogito? Why did the Buddha argued that the self does not exist? Did the Ancients have a notion of subjectivity? What does it mean to put oneself in someone else’s shoes? Should we feel sorry for those who have never been born? In what sense does Emma Bovary exist? What counts as a good answer to the question “Who am I?”
In this collection of articles an international team of seventeen authors raise and answer these and many other interesting questions about the self and related matters.
CONTRIBUTORS
Eric T. Olson, Miljana Milojević, Zdenka Brzović, Nenad Miščević,
Luca Malatesti, Boran Berčić, Ljudevit Hanžek, Goran Kardaš,
Ana Gavran Miloš, Matej Sušnik, Filip Čeč, Marko Jurjako, Marin Biondić,
Iris Vidmar, Marta Ujvari, Arto Mutanen, Takashi Yagisawa
CONTENTS
Introduction: Editor's Overview BORAN BERČIĆ
I SELF AND BODY
- The Central Dogma of Transhumanism ERIC T. OLSON
- Embodied and Extended Self MILJANA MILOJEVIĆ
- The Immunological Self ZDENKA BRZOVIĆ
II SELF KNOWLEDGE
- The Value of Self-Knowledge NENAD MIŠČEVIĆ
- The Self-ascription of Conscious Experiences LUCA MALATESTI
III SELF IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
- The Logical Positivists on the Self BORAN BERČIĆ
- Brentano on Self-Consciousness LJUDEVIT HANŽEK
- The No-Self View in Buddhist Philosophy GORAN KARDAŠ
- The Self in Ancient Philosophy ANA GAVRAN MILOŠ
IV SELF AS AGENT
- Ideal Self in Non-Ideal Circumstances MATEJ SUŠNIK
- The Disappearing Agent FILIP ČEČ
- Agency and Reductionism about the Self MARKO JURJAKO
V NONEXISTENT SELF
- On Never Been Born MARIN BIONDIĆ
- Fictional Characters IRIS VIDMAR
VI METAPHYSICS & PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
- Haecceity Today and with Duns Scotus MARTA UJVARI
- Who am I? ARTO MUTANEN
- Meta-Representational Me TAKASHI YAGISAWA