Things That Bother Me: Death, Freedom, the Self, Etc.

Things That Bother Me: Death, Freedom, the Self, Etc.

An original collection of lauded philosopher Galen Strawson's writings on the self and consciousness, naturalism and pan-psychism.

Galen Strawson might be described as the Montaigne of modern philosophers, endlessly curious, enormously erudite, unafraid of strange, difficult, and provocative propositions, and able to describe them clearlyâ€”in other words, he is a true essayist. Strawson also shares with Montaigne a particular fascination with the elastic and elusive nature of the self and of consciousness. Of the essays collected here, â€œA Fallacy of Our Ageâ€ (an inspiration for Vendela Vidaâ€™s novel Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name) takes issue with the commencement-address clichÃ© that life is a story. Strawson questions whether it is desirable or even meaningful to think about life that way. â€œThe Sense of the Selfâ€ offers an alternative account, in part personal, of how a distinct sense of self is not at all incompatible with a sense of the self as discontinuous, leading Strawson to a position that he sees as in some ways Buddhist. â€œReal Naturalismâ€ argues that a fully naturalist account of consciousness supports a belief in the immanence of consciousness in nature as a whole (also known as panpsychism), while in the final essay Strawson offers a vivid account of coming of age in the 1960s.

Drawing on literature and life as much as on philosophy, this is a book that prompts both argument and wonder.
Country USA
Brand New York Review Books
Manufacturer New York Review Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781681372204
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2018-03-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781681372204

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review Books
Manufacturer	New York Review Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781681372204
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2018-03-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781681372204

Things That Bother Me: Death, Freedom, the Self, Etc.

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