An introduction to the nature of the self and its relation to the body, this study places the problem of personal identity in the context of more general puzzles about identity, discussing the major historical theories and more recent debates. This second edition contains a new chapter on "animalism[...]

The father of modern scepticism and perhaps the most important English philosopher, Hume was lauded within his own lifetime as a pivotal figure of the Enlightenment, with his highly original theories of perception, personal identity, causation, politics, morality, and religion. Hume's voice, lucid a[...]