Philosophy Lexicon of Arguments

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Person, philosophy: A thinking and sentient being that distinguishes itself from others. In the course of the history of philosophy, further determinations have been agreed on or disregarded, e.g. rationality, autonomy, not-being-able-to-be-possessed. While the human and his body age, the person has no temporal stages. See also individual, law, continuants, identity.


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Person/body/materialism/Lewis: according to materialism person and body are identical - Vs: people could change their body - Thesis: T/Lewis: if a person occupies a body at time t, both are identical at that time.
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Person/body/Lewis: before birth and after death, body and person are not identical, because the person will not exist - e.g. also the change of a person into another body is possible.


D. Lewis
Die Identität von Körper und Geist Frankfurt 1989

D. Lewis
Konventionen Berlin 1975

D. Lewis
Philosophical Papers Bd I New York Oxford 1983

D. Lewis
Philosophical Papers Bd II New York Oxford 1986

LwCl I
Cl. I. Lewis

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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2017-10-17