Understanding the Person : Essays on the Personalism of Karol Wojtyła

The book deals with the philosophy of the human person as worked out by Karol Wojtyła. It presents a number of fundamental issues necessary to understand Karol Wojtyła's personalism. Thus, first it undertakes Wojtyla's move from the philosophy of the human being to the philosophy of the human person; second, it presents Wojtyła's epistemological approach to the person against the background of other philosophies concerned with the human person; third, it describes the metaphysical structure of the person; four, it analyses the person's selected faculties (consciousness, emotions); five, it presents some aspects of the action of the person (a person's causation, or their role in dialogue); and finally, it tries to sketch the problem of personal dignity. The book deals with the philosophy of the human person as worked out by Karol Wojtyła. It presents a number of fundamental issues necessary to understand Karol Wojtyła's personalism. Thus, first it undertakes Wojtyła's move from the philosophy of the human being to the philosophy of the human person; second, it presents Wojtyła's epistemological approach to the person against the background of other philosophies concerned with the human person; third, it describes the metaphysical structure of the person; four, it analyses the person's selected faculties (consciousness, emotions); five, it presents some aspects of the action of the person (a person's causation, or their role in dialogue); and finally, it tries to sketch the problem of personal dignity. The book deals with the concept of the person present in the personalism of Karol Wojtyła. It advances some main topics necessary to understand the theory of the person developed within European continental philosophy, especially in a specific connection of Thomism and phenomenology. The book deals with the concept of the person present in the personalism of Karol Wojtyla. It advances some main topics necessary to understand the theory of the person developed within European continental philosophy, especially in a specific connection of Thomism and phenomenology. Contents Introduction I. Towards the Philosophy of the Human Person II. How to Know the Person? III. The Structure of the Person IV. The Person and His Faculties V. The Person in Action VI. Dignity of the Person Final Conclusions Bibliography Index of Names