{"product_id":"naturalism-and-the-first-person-perspective-paperback","title":"Naturalism and the First-Person Perspective - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynne Rudder Baker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScience and its philosophical companion, Naturalism, represent reality in wholly nonpersonal terms. How, if at all, can a nonpersonal scheme accommodate the first-person perspective that we all enjoy? In this volume, Lynne Rudder Baker explores that question by considering both reductive and eliminative approaches to the first-person perspective. After finding both approaches wanting, she mounts an original constructive argument to show that a non-Cartesian first-person perspective belongs in the basic inventory of what exists. That is, the world that contains us persons is irreducibly personal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter arguing for the irreducibilty and ineliminability of the first-person perspective, Baker develops a theory of this perspective. The first-person perspective has two stages, rudimentary and robust. Human infants and nonhuman animals with consciousness and intentionality have rudimentary first-person perspectives. In learning a language, a person acquires a robust first-person perspective: the capacity to conceive of oneself as oneself, in the first person. By developing an account of personal identity, Baker argues that her theory is coherent, and she shows various ways in which first-person perspectives contribute to reality.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLynne Rudder Baker\u003c\/strong\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Baker has written four books on metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, and has published many articles in philosophy journals such as \u003cem\u003eThe Journal of Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Philosophical Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNoûs\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy and Phenomenological Research\u003c\/em\u003e and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773960454432,"sku":"9780199914746","price":80.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/334e05234a5a126cc50df2a611a1e0cc_015b5eff-c7bc-4cb4-ad8f-7ea50156fc39.webp?v=1780437010","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/naturalism-and-the-first-person-perspective-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}