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

from The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast · host Mark Linsenmayer

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! To hear this second part, you'll need to go sign up at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support. The post PREVIEW-Ep. 261: Derek Parfit on Personal Identity (Part Two) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.

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