Why We Are Not “Persons”
To the question “What are we?”, the common-sense answer is “human beings”; but many philosophers prefer to say we are “persons”. This paper argues that the philosophical use of “person” (to mean, roughly, a conscious, rational agent) is problematic. It takes us away from the sound Aristotelian idea...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Warsaw
2018-04-01
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| Series: | Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture |
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| Online Access: | http://eidos.uw.edu.pl/why-we-are-not-persons/ |