dc.contributor.author | Rudd, Anthony | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-02-02T16:05:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-02-02T16:05:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Rudd , A 2005 , ' Narrative, expression and mental substance ' , Inquiry , vol. 48 , no. 5 , pp. 413-435 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00201740500241870 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0020-174X | |
dc.identifier.other | dspace: 2299/5280 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/5280 | |
dc.description | Original article can be found at: http://www.informaworld.com Copyright Informa / Taylor and Francis Group [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA] | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper starts from the debate between proponents of a neo-Lockean psychological continuity view of personal identity, and defenders of the idea that we are simple mental substances. Each party has valid criticisms of the other; the impasse in the debate is traced to the Lockean assumption that substance is only externally related to its attributes. This suggests the possibility that we could develop a better account of mental substance if we thought of it as having an internal relation to its states. I suggest that we may be able to do this by relying on the notion of expression. In developing this idea I draw heavily on aspects of Wittgenstein's philosophical psychology, while also developing and criticizing Strawson's account of persons and recent work by Lynne Baker. I conclude by arguing that mental substance, understood in this way, can only be grasped in narrative terms; substantialist and narrative accounts of personal identity, far from being opposed, are mutually supporting and require one another to be coherent. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Inquiry | |
dc.title | Narrative, expression and mental substance | en |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Humanities | |
dc.contributor.institution | Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute | |
dc.contributor.institution | Philosophy | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1080/00201740500241870 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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