{"product_id":"no-self-to-be-found-the-search-for-personal-identity-paperback","title":"No Self to be Found: The Search for Personal Identity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Giles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a exploration of the notion of personal identity. Here it is shown how the various attempts to give an account of personal identity are all based on false assumptions and so inevitably run aground. One of the first Western thinkers to realize this was David Hume, the 18th century empiricist philosopher who argued that self was a fiction. A new interpretation of Hume's no-self theory is put forward by arguing for an eliminative rather than a reductive point of view of personal identity, and by approaching the problem in terms of phenomenology, Buddhist critiques of the notion of the self, and the idea of a constructed self-image. \u003ci\u003eNo Self to Be Found\u003c\/i\u003e explores the problem of personal identity from the most basic level by raising the question of the existence of personal identity itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Giles\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is a Panel Tutor in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge Institute for continuing Education. He has also taught at Universities in Australia, Canada, the UK, Denmark, Hawaii, and Guam. His published works include \u003ci\u003eThe Way of Awareness in Daoist Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSexual Attraction: The Psychology of Allure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Sexual Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Study in Phenomenalism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.51 x 5.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53801488843059,"sku":"9780761806684","price":128.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ScXDHygMI09780761806684.webp?v=1785968926","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/no-self-to-be-found-the-search-for-personal-identity-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}