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THINKING ANIMALS AND EPISTEMOLOGY
Author(s) -
BRUECKNER ANTHONY,
BUFORD CHRISTOPHER T.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
pacific philosophical quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1468-0114
pISSN - 0279-0750
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2009.01342.x
Subject(s) - premise , argument (complex analysis) , epistemology , personal identity , identity (music) , philosophy , sociology , self , biology , aesthetics , biochemistry
We consider one of Eric Olson's chief arguments for animalism about personal identity: the view that we are each identical to a human animal. The argument was originally given in Olson's book The Human Animal . Olson's argument presupposes an epistemological premise which we examine in detail. We argue that the premise is implausible and that Olson's defense of animalism is therefore in trouble.