Bibliograph

The first person in cognition and morality, B eatrice Longuenesse

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The first person in cognition and morality, B eatrice Longuenesse

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The first person in cognition and morality

Medium

electronic resource

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bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

1137755341

Responsibility statement

B eatrice Longuenesse

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.Spinoza lectures

Summary

Every year the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam invites a prominent philosopher to occupy the Spinoza Chair and give two public lectures on a topic in philosophy. Beatrice Longuenesse, in these lectures, explores the contrast and complementarity between these two aspects of the use of 'I'. Her first lecture considers the first-person pronoun in relation to the exercise of our mental capacities in abstract reasoning, and in relation to our knowledge of objective facts about the world. Her second lecture explores the use of 'I' in relation to what we take to be our moral obligations. In bringing together these two fascinating lectures, this text presents contrasting aspects of the self as radically individual on the one hand, and as the bearer of universally shared capacities on the other.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

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