Research Article

THE PHENOMENAL CONTINUITY CRITERION OF PERSONAL IDENTITY IS UNWARRANTED IN THE CASE OF FISSION

Number: 19 May 1, 2015
  • Emre Arda Erdenk
  • Bernard Williams
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THE PHENOMENAL CONTINUITY CRITERION OF PERSONAL IDENTITY IS UNWARRANTED IN THE CASE OF FISSION

Abstract

In this paper, I will concentrate on the phenomenological view concerning the problem of personal identity. My intention is, first, to articulate the phenomenal continuity criterion of personal identity and, second, focus on its ontological claims about the self. I will first argue for the phenomenal continuity thesis, but then I will claim that its metaphysical commitment to the view of phenomenal substances create substantial problems. I will show that in Fission thought experiment, this view falls into the contradictory conclusion that a part is identical to its whole. I will claim that the condition of indirect streamal linkage for the phenomenal substances view makes the whole account unwarranted

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Philosophy

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Emre Arda Erdenk This is me

Bernard Williams This is me

Publication Date

May 1, 2015

Submission Date

April 1, 2015

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 2015 Number: 19

Chicago
Erdenk, Emre Arda, and Bernard Williams. 2015. “THE PHENOMENAL CONTINUITY CRITERION OF PERSONAL IDENTITY IS UNWARRANTED IN THE CASE OF FISSION”. FLSF Felsefe Ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, nos. 19: 85-98. https://izlik.org/JA72BX38DS.

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