English derby in philosophy: John Locke versus Derek Parfit

Authors

  • Andrey Viktorovich Nekhaev Omsk State Technical University, Omsk, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2019-4-2-72-81

Keywords:

personal identity, memory, psychological continuity, body, moral responsibility, concern

Abstract

The article presents a critical analysis of views on the problem of personal identity which are proposed by two great English philosophers — John Locke and Derek Parfit. Lockean personality is considered as a basic metaphysical structure, subject to moral responsibility for all actions performed on its behalf. Parfitian personality, in contrast, denies any identical essence through time as an extremely improbable metaphysical structure, instead assuming an existential chain of one life’s stages with psychological continuity. As an alternative to these views, a several of additional arguments are considered to support the physicist view of human nature.

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Author Biography

Andrey Viktorovich Nekhaev, Omsk State Technical University, Omsk, Russia

Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor of History, Philosophy and Social Communications Department, Omsk State Technical University; Professor of Philosophy Department, Tyumen State University; Research Associate of the Laboratory of Logical and Philosophical Studies,Tomsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, RAS.

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Published

2019-05-22

How to Cite

Nekhaev А. В. (2019). English derby in philosophy: John Locke versus Derek Parfit. Omsk Scientific Bulletin. Series Society. History. Modernity, 4(2), 72–81. https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2019-4-2-72-81

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2019)

Section

Philosophy

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