Oxford University Press eBooks· 2012· Book chapter
The SelfNaturalism, Consciousness, and the First-Person Stance
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Short summary
This work harmonizes the first-person perspective with a naturalist worldview by drawing on Indian theories of consciousness, mind, and embodiment, emphasizing the centrality of emotions to selfhood.
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Key points
- Explores selfhood using Indian theories of consciousness and mind.
- Emphasizes embodiment and the centrality of emotions to the self.
- Harmonizes the first-person perspective with a naturalist worldview.
- Integrates normative aspects into a naturalist framework.
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Abstract
Jonardon Ganeri presents a study of selfhood, drawing on Indian theories of consciousness and mind. He explores the notion of embodiment and the centrality of the emotions to the self, and shows how to harmonize the idea of the first-person perspective with a naturalist worldview which encompasses the normative.
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Field: Religious studies
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