We are not replicable: A challenge to Parfit's view

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Abstract

Challenging the idea of personal identity, Derek Parfit has argued that persons are replicable and that personal identity does not really matter. In a recent paper Parfit again defends the idea of personal replicability. Challenging this idea in turn, I explain why persons are absolutely not replicable. To prove this I rely on two arguments-the Author Argument and the Love Argument. The irreplicability of persons relies upon the singularity of each person and thus entails that personal identity is irreducible and that it really does matter.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)453-460
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Philosophical Quarterly
Volume54
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Philosophy

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