Coming From Nothing: A Thought Experiment Novella

Author : Matthew McKeever

Paperback

Published : Friday 25 May 2018

ISBN : 9781785356193

Price : €9.35

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Coming From Nothing: A Thought Experime...

by Matthew McKeever

Paperback

25 May 2018

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>> Visionary AND Metaphysical

€9.35

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A tragi-comic philosophical novella about how the internet is reshaping our notions of personal identity.

Coming From Nothing is a tragi-comic love story concerned with notions of identity, such as Judith Butler's idea that sexual identity isn't determined by the body, and John Locke's that personal identity is a question of memory. The first novella in Zero Books new series of Thought Experiment Novellas, these are books that work out philosophical arguments in their plots. Whether focusing on William James' determinism, Descartes' mind/body dualism, or Judith Butler's argument for gender performativity, these short books attempt to flesh out philosophical problems. They are stories wherein philosophical ideas have consequences, at least in the lives of the characters.

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