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The Network Self: Relation, Process, and Personal Identity book cover

1st Edition

The Network Self Relation, Process, and Personal Identity

By Kathleen Wallace Copyright 2019
244 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

244 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

244 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The concept of a relational self has been prominent in feminism, communitarianism, narrative self theories, and social network theories, and has been important to theorizing about practical dimensions of selfhood. However, it has been largely ignored in traditional philosophical theories of personal identity, which have been dominated by psychological and animal theories of the self. This book... Read more

1. Introduction to the Network Self

2. The Relational Process Self: The Cumulative Network Model

3. Identity and the Network Self

4. Fusion and Fission: Thought Experiments, Persons and Personal Identity

5. First Person Perspective and Reflexive Selves

6. Autonomy and the Network Self

7. Responsibility and the Network Self

Biography

Kathleen Wallace is Professor of Philosophy at Hofstra University, USA. She has worked in American Philosophy, and is an expert on the work of Justus Buchler. She has also worked in the areas of Metaphysics of Personal Identity, Hume Studies, and Feminism. Some representative articles include include "Personal Identity of an Intersectional Self," "On-line Anonymity," "Educating for Autonomy: Identity and Intersectional Selves," and "Autonomous ‘I’ of an Intersectional Self."

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