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This book tells the reader all about psychological identification, the single most important process for becoming, maintaining, or changing who we are as characters. The book's emphasis, though, is decidedly on identification's role in our becoming who we are. It is one thing for people to have an image of who they are or of who they would like to be, it is quite another for them to actually become that image. Through genuinely identifying with these sorts of things, we turn what otherwise would be mere mental pictures of traits into character traits that we psychologically own. Readable to laypersons as well as to academicians, this book offers a new perspective for understanding the format...
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The subject of personal and moral identity is at the centre of interest, not only of academic research within disciplines such as philosophy and psychology, but also of everyday thinking. This is why the Neth erlands School for Research in Practical Philosophy and the Institute for Ethics of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam took the initiative to bring together scholars from various disciplines, interested in the subject. The expert-seminar on 'Personal and Moral Identity' took place from 12-14 January 1999. Financial contributions from the Vrije Universiteit, the Dutch Scientific Organisation (NWO) and the Royal Dutch Academy for the Sciences (KNA W) made the event possible. The chapters...
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The young woman in the story is giving a private swim lesson. She notices a baby opossum in the pool, and saves it. She returns home at dusk, and sees a dark shadow at the bottom of the pool. #2 I am a sociopath. I suffer from antisocial personality disorder, which is defined by the DSM as a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others. I am not a victim of child abuse, and I have never skulked behind prison walls. #3 The Sociopaths are the charming, confident people of the world. We are not bothered by continuous eye contact, and our lack of concern about looking away politely is often perceived as being confident, aggressive, seductive, or predatory. #4 People often say that sociopaths lack remorse or guilt, but this is not a bad thing. remorse and guilt are necessary to being a good person, but there is no universal morality.
Philosophical theories of emotions, and to an extent some theories of scientific psychology, represent attempts to capture the essence of emotions basically as they are conceived in common sense psychology. Although there are problems, the success of explanations of our behavior in terms of believes, desires and emotions creates a presumption that, at some level of abstraction, they reflect important elements in our psychological nature. It is incumbent on a theory of emotions to provide an account of two salient facts about emotions as conceived in common sense psychology. As intentional states, emotions have representational and rational properties: emotions represent states of affairs; and they are rationally related to other mental representations, figure in rational explanations of behavior, and are open to rational assessment. Emotions also have a close relationship to a range of non-intentional phenomena: in typical cases, emotions involve physiological changes, usually associated with the activation of the autonomic nervous system, which are proprioceptively experienced; and they often involve behavioral tendencies, as well.
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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