Perspectives on the Self

An anthology of philosophy articles on the self and related problems. CONTENTS Introduction: Editor’s Overview Boran Berčić I SELF AND BODY 1. The Central Dogma of Transhumanism Eric T. Olson 2. Embodied and Extended Self Miljana Milojević 3. The Immunological Self Zdenka Brzović II SELF–KNOWLEDGE 4. The Value of Self-Knowledge Nenad Miščević 5. The Self-ascription of Conscious Experiences Luca Malatesti III SELF IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY 6. The Logical Positivists on the Self Boran Berčić 7. Brentano on Self-Consciousness Ljudevit Hanžek 8. The No-Self View in Buddhist Philosophy Goran Kardaš 9. The Self in Ancient Philosophy Ana Gavran Miloš IV SELF AS AGENT 10. Ideal Self in Non-Ideal Circumstances Matej Sušnik 11. The Disappearing Agent Filip Čeč 12. Agency and Reductionism about the Self Marko Jurjako V NONEXISTENT SELF 13. On Never Been Born Marin Biondić 14. Fictional Characters Iris Vidmar VI METAPHYSICS & PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE 15. Haecceity Today and with Duns Scotus Márta Ujvári 16. Who am I? Arto Mutanen 17. Meta-Representational Me Takashi Yagisawa