Experimental philosophers,conceptual analysts,and the rest of us |
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| Authors: | François Schroeter |
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| Institution: | Philosophy, University of Melbourne , Melbourne, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Theories of personal identity purport to specify truth conditions for sentences of the form ‘x‐at‐ti is the same person as y‐at‐tj. Most philosophers nowadays agree that such truth conditions are to be stated in terms of psychological continuity. However; opinions vary as to how the notion of psychological continuity is to be understood. In a recent contribution to this journal, Slors offers an account in which psychological continuity is spelled out in terms of narrative connectedness between mental states.The present paper argues that Slors’ theory either is no theory of personal identity at all or is too weak.Towards the end of the paper, it is indicated how the problem uncovered for Slors’ theory may be avoided. |
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| Keywords: | experimental philosophy conceptual analysis |
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