Does Olson’s animalism put end to personal identity debate?
Theory of Eric Olson’s animalism is evaluated in the article in relation to his debate with the proponents of psychological approach to personal identity problem. Olson aims to show the irrelevance of psychology to the issue and to finish the debate by means of introducing the fetus problem. It i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education
2021-05-01
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| Series: | Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность" |
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| Online Access: | https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2021/%D0%A2.%206,%20%E2%84%96%202%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/107-112%20%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%20%D0%94.%20%D0%92..pdf |
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| Summary: | Theory of Eric Olson’s animalism is evaluated in the article in relation to his debate
with the proponents of psychological approach to personal identity problem. Olson
aims to show the irrelevance of psychology to the issue and to finish the debate by
means of introducing the fetus problem. It is argued that theory of animalism has its
certain strong points in comparison with Lynne Baker’s constitution view and Jeff
McMahan’s embodied part approach; it does not contain any contradictions and
rests on few theoretical assumptions. Nevertheless, it is claimed that animalism does
not finish the debate, because it does not take into consideration that a person has
a strong self-concern about her future. So the essential part of the general personal
identity problem is simply ignored by Olson’s animalism |
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| ISSN: | 2542-0488 2541-7983 |