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The self

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Paul Dawson’s ambitious chapter describes the transition from the adoption of a Cartesian view of the self to that of a narrative view of the self The Cartesian view is said to have been characteristic of the ‘modern’ era while the narrative view is characteristic of the ‘post-modern’ era.

others made me, and continue to make me the person I am (Sandel, 1982, p. 143)

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  1. Centre for Philosophy and Health Care, University of Wales, Swansea, UK

    Steven D. Edwards RMN, BA (hons), MPhil, PhD (Lecturer) (Lecturer)

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Dawson, P. (1998). The self. In: Edwards, S.D. (eds) Philosophical Issues in Nursing. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14235-4_10

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