Open AccessCan the Self be a Brain?
Author(s) -
Alan Schwerin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
principia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1808-1525
pISSN - 1414-4247
DOI - 10.5007/1808-1711.2015v19n2p235
Subject(s) - materialism , argument (complex analysis) , epistemology , philosophy , psychology , psychoanalysis , medicine
Philosophical materialists suggest that a person can be identified with their brain. My paper is a critical investigation of this provocative thesis and an analysis of some of the prominent arguments to support this view. My overall argument is that there is more to this issue than some philosophers appear to acknowledge