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oa Veelheid van identiteiten, fundamentele identiteit en dualisme
- Source: Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, Volume 110, Issue 3, Sep 2018, p. 315 - 333
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- 01 Sep 2018
Abstract
Abstract
Plurality of concepts of identity, foundational identity, and dualism
This paper defends three claims. One: the Dutch word for ‘identity’ (viz. ‘identiteit’) is used to express very different concepts, such as the concept of ‘character’, ‘self-image’, ‘social identity’, ‘narrative identity’, and ‘identity through time’. Two: each of these concepts is applicable to human persons, but the concept of ‘identity through time’ is, in a crucial respect, more fundamental than the others. Three: because the fundamental concept of identity applies to human persons, dualism is to be preferred over physicalism.
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