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20 sie 2002 · Personal identity deals with philosophical questions that arise about ourselves by virtue of our being people (or as lawyers and philosophers like to say, persons). This contrasts with questions about ourselves that arise by virtue of our being living things, conscious beings, moral agents, or material objects.
- Mind in Indian Buddhist Philosophy
Furthermore, in his detailed and thorough analysis of...
- Relative Identity
Identity is often said to be a relation each thing bears to...
- Animalism
1. Formulating Animalism. Despite its Aristotelian heritage,...
- Personal Identity
Why do many of us think that maximizing the good within a...
- Temporal Parts
Material objects extend through space by having different...
- Zombies
Zombies in philosophy are imaginary creatures designed to...
- Mind in Indian Buddhist Philosophy
Personal identity is the unique numerical identity of a person over time. Learn about the different approaches and theories to explain how persons persist over time, such as bodily continuity, mental substance, and consciousness.
Personal identity, in metaphysics, the problem of the nature of the identity of persons and their persistence through time. One makes a judgment of personal identity whenever one says that a person existing at one time is the same as a person existing at another time: e.g., that the president of.
Personal Identity. What does being the person that you are, from one day to the next, necessarily consist in? This is the question of personal identity, and it is literally a question of life and death, as the correct answer to it determines which types of changes a person can undergo without ceasing to exist.
A guide to philosophical questions about personal identity, such as what makes us the same person over time and across different scenarios. Includes overviews, classic and contemporary sources, and ethical implications of personal identity.
20 gru 2005 · Why do many of us think that maximizing the good within a single life is perfectly acceptable, but maximizing the good across lives is wrong? For these and other normative questions, it looks like any answer we come up with will have to make essential reference to personal identity.
20 sie 2002 · Personal identity deals with questions that arise about ourselves by virtue of our being people (or, as lawyers and philosophers like to say, persons). Many of these questions are familiar ones that occur to everyone at some time: What am I?
