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2023-2 Metaphysics of the Self Segment 2 (E. Barnes, ch.1, "Constructing Disability", in The Minority Body: Theory of Disability) Q) Present an example of a naturalistic account of disability. What sort of objection(s) does Barnes raise against it?The naturalistic account defines disability as a departure from normal functioning or the species norm. Barnes challenges this account by arguing that..

2023-2 Metaphysics of the Self Segment 2 (M. Rea, "Gender as a Self-Conferred Identity") Q) What does M. Rae mean by gender being a self-conferred identity? What motivates this account?The self-conferred identity account suggests that genders are socially constructed and is determined by an individual’s autobiographical identity. The self-conferred identity account is thus a realist, social cons..

2023-2 Metaphysics of the Self Segment 2 (S.Haslanger, "Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them to Be?") Q) According to Haslanger, in what ways are the definitions of race and gender similar?First, both gender and race are real. Second, both race and gender are social categories. Third, neither gender nor race is chosen, but the forms they take can be resisted or mutated. Fourt..

2023-2 Metaphysics of the Self Segment 2 ( U. Neisser, "Five kinds of self knowledge") Q) Neisser argues that five distinct kind of self-knowledge give rise to five different selves. Which ones are these? List them and briefly describe them.According to Neisser, there are five different aspects of the self as follows:(1)   The ecological self: the self as perceived with respect to the physical e..

2023-2 Metaphysics of the Self Segment 2 (E. Olson, ch.1 and 6 of Human Animal) 9. According to Olson, what would happen to us if we were to find ourselves in a persistent vegetative state? And what would happen to us in the cerebrum transplant case? How would the proponent of the Psychological Approach respond to the two cases? A persistent vegetative state is a situation where my brain is dama..

2023-2 Metaphysics of the Self Segment 2 (D.Parfit, ch.10-12 of Reasons and Persons) Q) Which approach to personal identity does Parfit take? State the four main theses that he wants to argue for in his part III of Reasons and Persons.                                Derek Parfit is one of the most influential defenders of the psychological approach to personal identity. He suggests four main the..

2023-2 Metaphysics of the Self Segment 2 ( H. Noonan, "An Initial Survey", ch.1 of Personal Identity ) Q) State the metaphysical problem of personal identity. Are philosophers after the numerical or qualitative identity of persons through time? Make sure to briefly explain the difference between these two concepts.Generally, identity is conceptually distinguished into (1) Qualitative identity (i..

2023-2 Metaphysics of the Self Segment 1 (T. Metzinger, "The No-Self Alternative")  Q) What is Metzinger’s primarily target of Ontologicial anti-realismMetzinger suggests the ontological anti-realism about the self (ARSO), which claims the self is not a substance. In other words, selves are not self-subsistent entities. The target of this claim is to reveal that there is no solid basis for assum..

2023-2 Metaphysics of the Self Segment 1 (M. Schecthman, "Stories, Lives, and Basic Survival")  Q) On Schechtman’s view ('narrative self-constitution view.'), what amounts to having a narrative?According to Schechtman’s narrative self-constitution view, having a narrative would require that a person be able, at least sometimes, to become conscious of her narrative and make it explicit. This is n..

2023-2 Metaphysics of the Self Segment 1 (G. Strawson, "The Self")  Q) What are the main features of conscious concerns Strawson’s synchronic view?Strawson suggests that the self is a single, distinct mental thing existing at a given time synchronically and a subject of experience. He denies the claim that the self is an agent or has personality. More importantly, he holds that the core conditio..