1st Edition

Person and Object A Metaphysical Study

By Chisholm, Roderick, M Copyright 1976
    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 2002. This is Volume V of seventeen in the Library of Philosophy series on Metaphysics. Written in 1976, this book includes amongst others, the three Carus Lectures constituting the nucleus of this book were presented before the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association in December 1967 and look at the topic of Person and Object. The aim of this study is further the concept that by considering certain obvious facts about ourselves, we can arrive at an understanding of the general principles of metaphysics.

    Chapter 1 The Direct Awareness of the Self; Chapter 2 Agency; Chapter 3 Identity Through Time; Chapter 4 State of Africans;

    Biography

    Roderick M Chisholm Professor of Philosophy and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Brown University.