Derek Antony Parfit FBA (/ˈpɑːrfɪt/; 11 December 1942 – 2 January 2017) was a British philosopher who specialised in personal identity, rationality, and...

common intuitions on the nature of self and consciousness, formulated by Derek Parfit in his 1984 book Reasons and Persons. The Polish science-fiction writer...

known as the repugnant conclusion) is a problem in ethics identified by Derek Parfit and discussed in his book Reasons and Persons (1984). The paradox identifies...

moral philosophy by Derek Parfit. The first two volumes were published in 2011 and the third in 2017. It is a follow-up to Parfit's 1984 book Reasons and...

Reasons and Persons is a 1984 book by the philosopher Derek Parfit, in which the author discusses ethics, rationality and personal identity. It is divided...

perceptions instead of concepts. In philosopher Derek Parfit's 2011 book On What Matters, Volume 1, Parfit presents an argument against psychological egoism...

ants Derek Parfit (1942–2017), British philosopher and academic Derek J. de Solla Price (1922–1983), information scientist and science historian Derek Ratcliffe...

Laura Lexx, comedian Emad Mostaque, founder and the CEO of Stability AI Derek Parfit, British philosopher. His aphantasia may have influenced his longtime...

of Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons". The Philosophical Review. 98 (4): 439–484. doi:10.2307/2185115. JSTOR 2185115. Bostrom 2013, pp. 23–24. Parfit, D...

increasingly common to understand normative claims as claims about reasons. As Derek Parfit explains: We can have reasons to believe something, to do something,...