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BL
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583834
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b413053
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| Main Entry
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Baker, Lynne Rudder,1944-
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| Title & Author
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Persons and bodies : : a constitution view /\ Lynne Rudder Baker
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, U.K. ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2000
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Cambridge studies in philosophy
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xii, 233 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0521592631 (hardback)
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: 9780521592635 (hardback)
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: 0521597196 (pbk.)
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: 9780521597197 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Persons in the material world -- The very idea of Constitution -- The first-person perspective -- The Constitution view of Human persons -- Personal identity over time -- The importance of being a person -- The coherence of the idea of material constitution -- The coherence of the constitution view of human persons -- In favor of the constitution view
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"What is a human person, and what is the relation between a person and his or her body? In her third book on the philosophy of mind, Lynne Rudder Baker investigates what she terms the person/body problem and offers a detailed account of the relation between human persons and their bodies. According to the solution Baker offers, a human person is constituted by a human body, but a human person is not identical to the body that constitutes him or her." "This book will be of interest to professional philosophers and graduate students, and will also appeal to psychologists and cognitive scientists interested in the philosophy of mind."--Jacket
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Human body (Philosophy)
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Agent (Philosophy)
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Mind and body
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