Open AccessCritical comments of Harold N. Noonan’s theory of contingent identity
Author(s) -
Nikoletta Nemesi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
különbség
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2560-158X
pISSN - 1785-7821
DOI - 10.14232/kulonbseg.2016.16.1.208
Subject(s) - identity (music) , argument (complex analysis) , epistemology , sociology , philosophy , aesthetics , biochemistry , chemistry
Alla Gibbard’s famous essay on the possibility of contingent identity (1975) questions the validity of Barcan and Kripke’s argument on the necessity of identity (1947, 1971). Gibbard’s theory has inspired several philosophers to rethink the problem of personal identity. The paper presents a critical analysis of Harold N. Noonan’s theory of contingent identity (1991, 1993, 2005, Curtis-Noonan 2014).