TY - BOOK AU - Thiel,Udo TI - The early modern subject: self-consciousness and personal identity from Descartes to Hume SN - 9780191730917 (ebook) : AV - BD236 U1 - 126.09409032 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Identity (Philosophical concept) KW - History KW - Self-consciousness (Awareness) KW - Philosophy, European KW - 17th century KW - 18th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Also issued in print format N2 - Udo Thiel presents a critical evaluation of the understanding of self-consciousness and personal identity in early modern philosophy. He explores over a century of philosophical debate from Descartes to Hume, and argues that our interest in human subjectivity remains influenced by the conceptual framework of early modern thought UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199542499.001.0001 ER -