The Future Of The Self

The Future of the Self

About the AuthorWalt Truett Anderson's previous books included Reality Isn't What it Used to Be, To Govern Evolution, Rethinking Liberalism, The Upstart Spring and Open Secrets. A longtime resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, he is a fellow of the Meridian Institute, an international network of Scholars and practitioners concerned with issues of governance, earning, leadership and the future. He writes regularly for the Pacific News Service and currently serves as president of the American division of the World Academy of Art and Science.Inquiring into the idea of the self, the author explores commonly held assumptions about what the self is and shows how psychology, computer science, medicine, and modern philosophy are challenging the idea of a coherent self, for the better.