Ep. 261: Derek Parfit on Personal Identity (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Limits of Reductionism
"Reductionism is the claim that identity is reducible to psychological continuity," writes Parfid. "It's this weird idea that being a person can be something distinct from those facts, but it doesn't mean being a separately existing entity", he adds. 'We're reductionists about nations and people are the same way,' says Parfid in an interview with The New York Times.
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