The Unity of the Self (Representation and Mind)

by Stephen L. White

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In these essays Stephen White examines the forms of psychological integration that give rise to self-knowable and self-conscious individuals who are responsible, concerned for the future, and capable of moral commitment. The essays cover a wide range of basic issues in philosophy of mind, metaphysics, moral psychology, and political philosophy, providing a coherent, sophisticated, and forcefully argued view of the nature of the self.

Beginning with mental content and ending with Rawls and utilitarianism, each essay argues a distinctive line. Together they are a unified and powerful philosophical position of considerable scope, one that provides a unique vision of...

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  • ISBN10 026223162X
  • ISBN13 9780262231626
  • Publish Date 30 October 1991
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Out of Print 8 October 2008
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher MIT Press Ltd
  • Imprint MIT Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 438
  • Language English