Dream death and the self j j valberg 75 discount on orders shipping in the us canada with code jansale offer good while supplies last paperback isbn 9780691128597 1313 5250 gbp4400. The positional conception of the self is the conception of a position namely a position within this the personal horizon my horizon the subject matter of the dream hypothesis and death that to which the totality i call the world and the infinity of space and time are internal. This subject matter the personal horizon lies at the heart of the main topics the first person the self and the self in time explored at length in the book the personal horizon is valberg contends the subject matter whose center each of us occupies and which for each of us ceases with death. 1 death a the solipsistic puzzle of death my death is the death b the temporal puzzle of death death is the ceasing of my personal horizon yet the personal horizon is outside time and so cannot cease to be a fact that emerges in the dream hypothesis the hypothesis that this is all a dream. Dream death and the self book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers might this be a dream in this book distinguished philosopher