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Title: Why Personal Identity Matters First and Foremost in Caring About Survival
Authors: Sedeski, Thomas
Advisors: Johnston, Mark
Department: Philosophy
Class Year: 2014
Abstract: This thesis serves as a counterargument to Derek Parfit’s seminal work in the study of Personal Identity. Parfit claims that if reductionism is the correct ontological view of persons then we cannot give a philosophical defense of our commonsense concern for personal identity over time. He concludes, identity does not matter.
Extent: 38
URI: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp019306sz48b
Type of Material: Princeton University Senior Theses
Language: en_US
Appears in Collections:Philosophy, 1924-2023

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