WebbDerek Parfit was a really interesting thinker when it came to identity and the self. He had a particularly cool thought experiment involving tele-transportation. Suppose you’re on … Webb30 mars 2024 · The author should be congratulated. This is both a fabulous book and a necessary biography of a significant Oxford academic who a lot of people have sort of heard of but can’t quite place: Derek Parfit (1942-2024) (Balliol, 1961), or as Edmonds offers, ‘the most famous philosopher most people have never heard of.’
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Webb14 mars 2024 · PRINCETON – On January 1, Derek Parfit, one of the greatest philosophers of my generation, died. Just a year earlier, in a poll on a leading philosophy website, … Webb31 mars 2024 · I recently wrote a short review of David Edmond’s forthcoming biography on Derek Parfit, which I thought might be of interest to folks here for obvious reasons. I’ve … marie curie and the atom
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WebbDerek Antony Parfit FBA (/ ˈ p ɑːr f ɪ t /; 11 December 1942 – 1 or 2 January 2024) was a British philosopher who specialised in personal identity, rationality, and ethics. He is … Webb27 apr. 2024 · For more than 20 years, the English philosopher Derek Parfit would leave his home in Oxford and spend five weeks every winter in Venice and St Petersburg taking … Webb5 apr. 2024 · I wonder what Derek Parfit would make of this biography, and if the philosopher would even condone the idea of biography, let alone one of himself. The … marie curie and her husband