PH0123 Personal Identity

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Radim Bělohrad, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Timetable
Tue 15:00–16:35 A11 stara
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course studens should be able to explain the concept of identita and apply it to the issue of personal identity in time; explain the major theories of personal identity; show the pros and cons of the individual theories; map the ethical consequences of personal identity.
Syllabus
  • Identity and personal identity
  • Non-reductionism and the theory of soul (Swinburne)
  • Eliminativism and personal identity in Buddhism (Hume, Watts)
  • Psychological theory of identity (Parfit, Shoemaker, Lewis)
  • Embodied Mind theory (McMahan)
  • Body theory and animalism (Williams, Olson, van Inwagen, Snowdon)
  • Personal identity and death (Nagel, Feldmand, Kagan)
  • Personal identity and the ethics of killing (McMahan)
  • Personal identity and abortion (Marquis, McInerney)
  • Personal identity and prudence (Parfit)
  • Personal identity and moral responsibility (Schechtman)
  • Personal identity and utilitarianism (Parfit)
Literature
    recommended literature
  • NOONAN, Harold W. Personal identity. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2003, xiii, 239. ISBN 0415273161. info
  • OLSON, Eric T. The human animal : personal identity without psychology. 1st pub. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, x, 189. ISBN 0195134230. info
  • VAN INWAGEN, Peter. Material beings. 1st pub. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990, viii, 299. ISBN 9780801483066. info
  • PARFIT, Derek. Reasons and persons. Repr. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987, xv, 543. ISBN 9780198249085. info
  • SHOEMAKER, Sydney and Richard SWINBURNE. Personal identity. 1st pub. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1984, 158 s. ISBN 0631134328. info
    not specified
  • MARTIN, Raymond and John BARRESI. The rise and fall of soul and self : an intellectual history of personal identity. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006, 383 p. ISBN 0231510675. URL info
  • Personal identity. Edited by Raymond Martin - John Barresi. 1st ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2003, xiv, 389. ISBN 9780631234425. info
Teaching methods
lectures; seminar discussions; seminar papers
Assessment methods
final written test, 80 percent attendance in seminars, seminar paper
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Teacher's information
http://belohrad.webnode.cz
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2019.
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