Browsing Research Articles (Philosophy) by Subject "Thought experiments"

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    • Thought experiments and personal identity in Africa 

      Beck, Simon; Oyowe, Oritsegbubemi Anthony (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
      African perspectives on personhood and personal identity and their relation to those of the West have become far more central in mainstream Western discussion than they once were. Not only are African traditional views with ...

    • Transplant thought-experiments: Two costly mistakes in discounting them 

      Beck, Simon (Taylor & Francis, 2014)
      ‘Transplant’ thought-experiments, in which the cerebrum is moved from one body to another have featured in a number of recent discussions in the personal identity literature. Once taken as offering confirmation of some ...