Overview
Explores how the trans phenomenon challenges existing concepts of the Self
Considers various theories of the Self, classic and modern, to show that they are inadequate in accommodating fundamental aspects of the trans Self
Posits the notion of a new ontological phenotype of the Self
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction
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Extant Philosophical Views of Self
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Biological Considerations
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Future Investigations
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About this book
Seeking answers, Brakel considers various theories of the Self, including classical accounts, modern views, and models developed by selected gender theorists. The book then takes a biological turn, first developing an evolutionary proper-function analysis of gender and trans-gender and subsequently proposing the possibility of a new ontological phenotype. With a review of cutting-edge neuroscientific research conducted over the last twenty-five years, Brakel propels this timely and important investigation toward the future, using experimental philosophy empirical studies adapted from classic thought experiments on the nature of the Self.
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Book Title: Investigations into the Trans Self and Moore's Paradox
Authors: Linda A. W. Brakel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44645-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-44644-4Published: 23 May 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-44645-1Published: 22 May 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 176
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Psychology, general, Philosophy of Biology