Open AccessCarter W. R. Will I Be a Dead Person? / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev
Author(s) -
A. V. Nekhaev
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
omskij naučnyj vestnik. seriâ "obŝestvo. istoriâ. sovremennostʹ"
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-7983
pISSN - 2542-0488
DOI - 10.25206/2542-0488-2021-6-3-78-82
Subject(s) - personal identity , argument (complex analysis) , identity (music) , psychoanalysis , philosophy , psychology , epistemology , sociology , social psychology , aesthetics , medicine , self
Eric Olsen argues from the fact that we once existed as fetal individuals to the conclusion that the Standard View of personal identity is mistaken. I shall establish that a similar argument focusing upon dead people opposes Olson’s favored Biological View of personal identity