Parfits View of Personal Identity
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Parfit and the first standard view of personal identity
- The disregard for the common view
- The belief in a substantive self
- The split-brain transplant
- Conclusion
- 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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