1. The seventeenth-century background -- 2. Locke's subjectivist revolution -- 3. Problems with Locke : critique and defence -- 4. Subjectivity and immaterialist metaphysics of the mind -- 5. Substance, apperception, and identity : Leibniz, Wolff, and beyond -- 6. Bundles and selves : Hume in context
Summary
Udo Thiel presents a critical evaluation of the understanding of self-consciousness and personal identity in early modern philosophy. He explores over a century of philosophical debate from Descartes to Hume, and argues that our interest in human subjectivity remains influenced by the conceptual framework of early modern thought
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 17, 2012)
