Reviews for I Am: A Philosophical Inquiry into First-Person Being

The average rating for I Am: A Philosophical Inquiry into First-Person Being based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-03-18 00:00:00 T J Minogue Fascinating speculations on the origin of the ability of humans to reflect on their own existence. Some great work on the phenomenology of having a body. One of the very few philosophers I have read with a genuine appreciation for both continental philosophers like Heidegger and Merleau Pony and also for the best in the 'analytic' philosophy. Outstanding, but those without a background in philosophy will find it a challenging read.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-10-02 00:00:00 Amy Measel Until the late 19th century, 'alcoholism' meant physiological damage - cirrhosis and so on - rather than some kind of predilection. This book describes how political and legal movements were linked with the ebb and flow of its medicalization. Its run as a bona fide disease, sometimes under other names such as dipsomania, lasted until the 1970s, when it was removed from the International Classification of Diseases, and it's currently sometimes thought of as an addiction or dependency, sometimes as an individual's moral choice.