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Title: Jeremiah Joaquin
The Simple View of Personal Identity, the Possibility of Exotic Switch, the
Unknowability of the Self and the Combined Spectrum
This paper explores an often neglected view in philosophical debates about
personal identity and the nature of persons. This view is simply dubbed as
the simple view of personal identity. That this is an often neglected view
is shown by the number of philosophers supporting it. Be that as it may, it
still could be characterized as a tenable alternative theory of personal
identity.
The simple view is often formulated in different ways, but amidst these
varying formulations, one main thesis could be highlighted. The thesis can
be formulated as follows: there is no substantive, informative, criterion
of personal identity. That is, it is not possible to state, in a
non-trivial way, what constitutes personal identity through time.
This paper has two main aims. First is to flesh out what this main thesis
could mean, and show what commitments it could entail. Second is to address
three objections made against the simple view: a) the exotic switch
argument, b) the unknowability of the self objection, and c) Parfit’s
combined spectrum argument.
When: Mon Apr 26 1pm – 2:30pm Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney
Where: University of Sydney philosphy common room
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