Book review - Identity and personhood: Confusions and clarifications across disciplines

Book review - Identity and personhood: Confusions and clarifications across disciplines

Splitter commences this book by telling the reader that it was a pedagogical incident that led him to write it. Presenting a philosophical seminar series on the topic of ‘identity’ to bright undergraduate students in America from a range of disciplines heightened his realisation that we don’t all us...

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Main Author: Laura D’Olimpio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Birmingham Library Services 2015-11-01
Series:Journal of Philosophy in Schools
Online Access:https://jps.bham.ac.uk/articles/48
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spelling doaj-aa7d6517a9e34b1381e92b866c5b25732021-04-02T18:54:01ZengUniversity of Birmingham Library ServicesJournal of Philosophy in Schools2204-24822015-11-0122838410.21913/jps.v2i2.127348Book review - Identity and personhood: Confusions and clarifications across disciplinesLaura D’OlimpioSplitter commences this book by telling the reader that it was a pedagogical incident that led him to write it. Presenting a philosophical seminar series on the topic of ‘identity’ to bright undergraduate students in America from a range of disciplines heightened his realisation that we don’t all use the word in the same way to refer to the same thing. We wouldn’t normally think too much about it, assuming that identity, especially one’s own, is an obvious, assumed entity. However, it is not, really, the closer you examine the concept. Which is precisely what Splitter goes on to do.https://jps.bham.ac.uk/articles/48
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description Splitter commences this book by telling the reader that it was a pedagogical incident that led him to write it. Presenting a philosophical seminar series on the topic of ‘identity’ to bright undergraduate students in America from a range of disciplines heightened his realisation that we don’t all use the word in the same way to refer to the same thing. We wouldn’t normally think too much about it, assuming that identity, especially one’s own, is an obvious, assumed entity. However, it is not, really, the closer you examine the concept. Which is precisely what Splitter goes on to do.
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