C. McGinn. The concept of a person / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev
The essay contains a critique of the metaphysical ways to use of the term ‘person’. Since the term does not designate any natural kind, philosophers must abandon the question ‘what constitutes the continued existence of a person?’. It’s just a bad question. All well-defined questions about identi...
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| Language: | English |
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Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education
2024-05-01
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| Series: | Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность" |
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| Online Access: | https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2024/%D0%A2.9,%20%E2%84%962%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/141-145%20%20%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%20%D0%9A..pdf |
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| Summary: | The essay contains a critique of the metaphysical ways to use of the term ‘person’.
Since the term does not designate any natural kind, philosophers must abandon
the question ‘what constitutes the continued existence of a person?’. It’s just a bad
question. All well-defined questions about identity (‘what is human animal identity?’,
‘what is human mind identity?’, and so on) should formulate only in terms of natural
kinds. |
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| ISSN: | 2542-0488 2541-7983 |