The Autonomous Individual
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The Autonomous Individual

A Praxeological Enactivist Account

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The Autonomous Individual

A Praxeological Enactivist Account

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About This Book

This book advances a new theory of what it means to be an autonomous individual with free will and an authentic self. It synthesizes the new "action turn" from 4E cognitive science with the new "practice turn" from the social sciences to develop a new perspective on our self-interpretation as autonomous individuals.

Our entire life is built upon one central foundation: the idea that we human beings are autonomous individuals. While this idea is presupposed in some academic fields, such as law and moral philosophy, it is challenged or denied in others. This book aims to move beyond debates about whether free will exists. Instead, it proposes that the idea that human beings are autonomous individuals is a culturally developed self-interpretation that is permanently enacted in social practices. Parts of it describe biological reality correctly, parts are social reality, and parts are mere fictions. This view – which the author calls "praxeological enactivism" – combines work from enactive cognitive science with practice theory from the social sciences. The book concludes by discussing the ethical advantages and dangers of the idea of the autonomous individual.

The Autonomous Individual will appeal to philosophers working on free will and autonomy, moral philosophy, and philosophy of social sciences, as well as scholars and advanced students in disciplines such as cognitive science, sociology, cultural theory, and philosophical anthropology.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
ISBN
9781040120750
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Social Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Endorsement Page
  3. Half Title page
  4. Series Page
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Dedication
  8. Contents
  9. Preface
  10. 1 The Whole Book in One Chapter
  11. 2 Explaining Findings about the Human Condition
  12. 3 Praxeological Enactivism
  13. 4 How Human Organisms Come to Interpret Themselves as Autonomous Individuals
  14. 5 Disentangling the Biological Reality, Social Constitution, and Fictional Dimensions of the Idea of the Autonomous Individual
  15. 6 Normative Self-Fictionalism
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index