The Privacy of the Psychical

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-420-3391-7
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 233, 150 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 272 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy and Psychology

This book argues that the irreducible singularity of each person as a psychical subject implies the privacy of the psychical and that of experience, and yet the private accessibility of each person to his or her mind is compatible with interpersonal communication and understanding. The book treats these major issues against the background of the author’s original metaphysics—panenmentalism.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Philosophische Psychologie, Logotherapie, Existenzanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Mark Letteri: Editorial Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Accessibilities and the Metaphysics of Privacy
A Myth of Externalism
The Privacy of Experience
What?
Why Are Many Philosophers Still Blind to Private Accessibility?
Psychical Accessibility and Literary Fiction
Appendix I: Language, Intersubjectivity, and Privacy
Appendix II: Darwin’s Predicta Moth as a Pure, A Priori Accessible Possibility
Works Cited
About the Author
Index