Bibliogr.

List of contributors -- Preface -- Group minds and explanatory simplicity / Mark Sprevak and David Statham-- Philosophy and the mind/body problem / Paul F. Snowdon -- On Parfit's view that we are not human beings / Eric T. Olson -- Ambulo ergo sum / Lucy O'Brien -- The place of the self in contemporary metaphysics / Rory Madden --The Neurobiological platform for moral values / Patricia S. Churchland -- 'The Secrets of All Hearts' : Locke on personal identity / Galen Strawson -- Selfless persons: Goodness in an impersonal world? / Lynne Rudder Baker -- From phenomenal selves to hyperselves / Barry Dainton -- An intellectual entertainment: The nature of the mind / P.M.S. Hacker -- Power, scepticism and ethical theory / Thomas Pink -- The mental states of persons and their brains / Time Crane-- Actual consciousness: Database, physicality's, theory, criteria / Ted Honderich -- Training, transformation and education / David Bakhurst -- Index of names.