Real people: personal identity without thought experiments
Auteur :
Wilkes, Kathleen V.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198240808
Date de publication :
18 nov. 1993
Dimensions :
21,7 x 13,9 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
322 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This treatise explores the scope and limits of the concept of personal identity in contemporary philosophy. The author begins by questioning the methodology of thought-experimentation, arguing that it engenders inconclusive and unconvincing results, and that truth is stranger than fiction.