Parfit’s View of Personal Identity

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08/07/2007

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Table of Contents Parfit’s View of Personal Identity
 Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. Parfit and the first standard view of personal identity
  3. The disregard for the common view
  4. The belief in a substantive self
  5. The split-brain transplant
  6. Conclusion
  7. Works cited

Abstract

I intend to explicate Derek parfit's view regarding personal identity as non-branching psychological continuity as well as some of its ethical and emotional implications. In addition, I will present parfit's split-brain transplant thought experiment as evidence for his view that psychological continuity provides a criterion for identity. Further, I will discuss Bernard Williams' rebuttal against parfit's view that psychological continuity is a criterion of identity. Finally, I will address the unresolved issue of the importance of personal identity surrounding the debate over the acceptance or rejection of parfit's view of personal identity.

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