Derek Antony Parfit FBA (/ˈpɑːrfɪt/; 11 December 1942 – 2 January 2017) was a British philosopher who specialised in personal identity, rationality, and...
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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...
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Mere addition paradox (redirect from Parfit's paradox)
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...
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On What Matters (category Books by Derek Parfit)
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...
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Reasons and Persons (category Books by Derek Parfit)
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...
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perceptions instead of concepts. In philosopher Derek Parfit's 2011 book On What Matters, Volume 1, Parfit presents an argument against psychological egoism...
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ants Derek Parfit (1942–2017), British philosopher and academic Derek J. de Solla Price (1922–1983), information scientist and science historian Derek Ratcliffe...
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Laura Lexx, comedian Emad Mostaque, founder and the CEO of Stability AI Derek Parfit, British philosopher. His aphantasia may have influenced his longtime...
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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...
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increasingly common to understand normative claims as claims about reasons. As Derek Parfit explains: We can have reasons to believe something, to do something,...
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