Personality and Neurosurgery pp 39-43 | Cite as

The Concept of “Persona”: Substance or Relation

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• G. Hottois

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Part of the Acta Neurochirurgica book series (NEUROCHIRURGICA, volume 44)

Summary

We oppose the substantialist to the relational conception of a “person” from a philosophical point of view.

Keywords

Bioethics Materialism Philosophy Person personality relation spiritualism substantialism 

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• G. Hottois
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1. 1.Institut de PhilosophieUniversité Libre de BruxellesBruxellesBelgium