Was wir grundlegend sind: Menschen unter anderen biologischen Einzeldingen
Überlegungen zu unserer Natur und unseren transtemporalen Identitätsbedingungen
2019
Vittorio Klostermann
ISBN 978-3-465-04355-3
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Bibliografische Daten
Buch. Softcover
2019. 2019
Umfang: 336 S.
Format (B x L): 15,5 x 23,5 cm
Gewicht: 520
Verlag: Vittorio Klostermann
ISBN: 978-3-465-04355-3
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Das Werk ist Teil der Reihe: Philosophische Abhandlungen; 114
Produktbeschreibung
In its core, this book represents a defense of the thesis that we are essentially biological creatures of the species Homo sapiens - and not essentially persons. This thesis has consequences for the problem of personal identity. An important aspect of its defense – and the book's second central line of argumentation – is, therefore, to substantiate that ours are the diachronic identity conditions of biological beings. Attempting to reach both argumentation goals, one has to overcome some obstacles, from motivating an appropriate ontological framework via explaining the concept of the animate being to demonstrating that essentialism is still a viable option today. In this way, a picture gradually emerges which places us humans, as living beings among other living beings, in a biological world, without, however, playing down that we are, at least typically, also persons with a rich spiritual life.
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