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PREMIUM-Ep. 261: Derek Parfit on Personal Identity (Part Two)

Jan 25, 202112 min
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More on Parfit's Reasons and Persons (1984), ch. 10-13. In this preview, we consider how Parfit deals with Bernard Williams' materialist thought experiment to show that the whole concept of personal identity doesn't make sense. Also, split brains!

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