Reid is interested in the notion of memory not only for its own sake but also because of its conceptual connection to the notion of personal identity. He is the emeritus susan linn sage professor of philosophy at cornell university and is wellknown for his contributions to philosophy of mind and metaphysics. Shoemaker spends so much time explaining the object perception and broad perceptual views of perception and introspection. Parfit on the normala reliableany cause of relation r. The trouble here is that in wiggins case each half of my brain is exactly similar, and so. Pdf memory and mineness in personal identity researchgate. The neolockean view of personal identity presented in persons and their pasts is developed with a different emphasis in the added paper self and substance. Identity, properties, and causality, midwest studies in philosophy 4. Week six anomalous monism and mental causation chalmers, 17.
Sydney shoemaker this is an expanded edition of sydney shoemakers seminal collection of his work on interrelated issues in the philosophy of mind and metaphysics. Since the appearance of a widely influential book, selfknowledge and self ldentity, sydney shoemaker has continued to work on a series of. Until his retirement, he was a susan linn sage professor of philosophy at cornell university. Shoemaker claims that many of the genuine properties of an object could only be exemplified by. Reproducing all of the original papers, many of which are now regarded as classics, and including four papers published since the first edition appeared in 1984, identity, cause, and minds reappearance will be warmly welcomed by philosophers and students alike. This is an expanded edition of sydney shoemakers seminal collection of his work on interrelated issues in the philosophy of mind and metaphysics. Shoemaker advocates a psychologicalcontinuity view, swinburne anticriterialism and substance. The pertinence of the analyticsynthetic distinction w. Although there are many excellent texts dealing with the metaphysics of personal identity, shoemakers personal identity and ethics is the first book i know to tackle in such an extended way the question of the relationship between personal identity and our practical concerns. It is a very welcome addition to the philosophical literature. Neolockean accounts that hold that persons can change bodies via brain transplants or cerebrum transplants are committed to the prima facie counterintuitive denial that a person is an biologically individuated animal. Further proposals by shoemaker of causal relations between. This course will be concerned, broadly, with subjects of consciousness and the firstperson way of representing or thinking about them.
This volume contains a collection of the most important essays he has published since then. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. The volume, then, makes a valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion of this rich and vexing. This is an expanded edition of sydney shoemakers seminal. Persistence, thought, and animality uchicago voices. Kripke has criticised the type identity theory by employing his wellknown arguments about the necessity of identity. Personal identity university of san diego home pages.
On david chalmerss the conscious mind rutgers university. In other words, mental properties can be said to cause certain effects just as. Philosophical essays 1984, and the firstperson perspective and other essays 1996. Shoemaker in the loose and popular and the strict and the philosophical senses of identity, in perception and personal identity. The strongest claim to which shoemaker is attracted is the following. Reprinted in his identity, cause, and mind, expanded ed. Finally, we saw that our mental states cannot be counted as the causes of our behavior on a behaviorist view, since on that view of mind, mental states are nothing over and above our behavior or, dispositions to behave in certain ways in certain circumstances. This is an expanded edition of sydney shoemaker s seminal collection of his work on interrelated issues in the philosophy of mind and metaphysics. Sydney shoemaker born 29 september 1931 is an american philosopher. This week we will look at the mindbody identity theory, as advocated by place, smart, davidson and others, both as a claim about psychophysical types and as a claim about psychophysical tokens. It reproduces all of the original papers, many of which are now regarded as classics, and includes four papers published since the first editionappeared in 1984.
Proceedings of the 1967 oberlin colloquium in philosophy, ed. His publications include selfknowledge and selfidentity 1963, personal identity with richard swinburne, 1984, identity, cause, and mind. The paper is concerned with how neolockean accounts of personal identity should respond to the challenge of animalist accounts. The book is accessible yet sophisticated, and readers of all levels of expertise will learn from it. A guide to shoemakers selfknowledge and inner sense. And shoemakers examination of the bearing of the functionalist theory of mind on the problems of personal identity is both novel and illuminating. Identity and necessity, in identity and individuation, ed. Aristotle sternly rejects platonic dualism, but nevertheless resists an ancient version of the identity theory of mind and body. Quine, two dogmas of empiricism, in su from a logical point of view, harvard u. Identity, cause, and mind paperback sydney shoemaker. Mindworld interaction is taken for granted in everyday experience and in scientific practice. Functionalism is the most familiar or received view among philosophers of mind and cognitive science. Since the appearance of a widely influential book, selfknowledge and selfldentity, sydney shoemaker has continued to work on a series of interrelated issues in the philosophy of mind and metaphysics.
Sydney shoemaker, a fellow of the american academy since 1996, is susan linn sage profes sor of philosophy emeritus at cornell university. The topics that he deals with here include, among others, the nature of personal and other forms of identity, the relation of time to change, the nature of properties and causality and the relation between the two, dualism and immortality, and the nature of mental states. In the language of the logicians, this relation is transitive if a is identical to b and b is identical to c, then a is identical c, symmetrical if a. According to functionalists, mental states are identified by what they do rather than by what they are made of.
Eric olson has argued, startlingly, that no coherent account can be giv en of the distinction made in the personal identity literature between complex views and simple views. Sydney shoemaker, a fellow of the american academy since 1996, is susan linn sage professor of philosophy emeritus at cornell university. He is not in the least motivated to prevent pain or to get rid of it. Article absent qualia are impossible s shoemaker chapter week 4. Shoemaker advocates a psychologicalcontinuity view. Personal identity, in metaphysics, the problem of the nature of the identity of persons and their persistence through time. One makes a judgment of personal identity whenever one says that a person existing at one time is the same as a person existing at. Reproducing all of the original papers, many of which are now regarded as classics, and including four papers published since the first edition appeared in 1984, identity, cause, and mind s reappearance will be warmly welcomed by philosophers and. Reproducing all of the original papers, many of which are now regarded as classics, and including four papers published since the first edition appeared in 1984, identity, cause, and mind s reappearance will be warmly welcomed by philosophers and students alike. Sydney shoemaker, identity, cause and mind philpapers. Since the appearance of a widely influential book, selfknowledge and selfldentity, sydney shoemaker has continued to work on a series of. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Pdf stanley klein and shaun nichols describe the case of patient r. We will also assess some of the objections that were made against this theory. In 1971, he delivered the john locke lectures at oxford university. So, unless there are reasons for linking memory with identity. The dualist theory, in sydney shoemaker and richard swinburne, personal identity. Colin mcginn, identity, cause, and mind philpapers. The firstperson perspective, and other essays 1996. Two kinds of identity crisis roy f baumeister, jeremy p shapiro, and dianne m tice, case western reserve university abstract in order to outline a model of identity crisis, it is necessary to distinguish two types in an identity deficit motivation crisis, the individual expenences a lack of guiding commitments but struggles to establish. Transitivity states that if a bears relation i to b, and b bears i to c, then a must also bear i to c. Perspectivism and intersubjective criteria for personal identity. In memory, the mind is directed neither towards an idea experienced previously nor towards an idea of a previous experience. The idea is that we need to make the claim that selfknowledge. Philosophical essays by sydney shoemaker 20031002 on. Armstrong, contribution to consciousness and causality by d.
What makes something a first person content, as opposed. Personal identity, psychological continuity and externalism. Causal properties and conservative reduction1 philsciarchive. The pain you feel when you sprain your ankle causes you to open the freezer in. In the language of the logicians, this relation is transitive if a is identical to b and b is identical to c, then a is identical c, symmetrical if a is identical to b, b is identical to a, and reflexive everything is identical to itself. A defense of bernard williams criterion of bodily continuity. Identity, cause, and minds reappearance will be warmly welcomed by scholars and students alike. Pdf perspectivism and intersubjective criteria for.
Sydney shoemaker is at sage school of philosophy, cornell university. Mental causation stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Shoemaker maintains that when a functionalist theory of mind is combined with his belief about individuating properties and the wellknown cerebrum transplant thought experiement, the resulting position will be a version of the psychological approach to personal identity that can avoid the problem of too many thinkers. Functionalism is a theory about the nature of mental states. Themes include the nature of selfknowledge and selfreference. Syllabus the primary focus of this module will be issues in the metaphysics of mind.
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