Origin Essentialism: What Could Have Been Different about You?

Author: Chad Vance Category: Metaphysics Word Count: 1000 Could you have been an alligator? Or a roller skate? Is there a possible scenario where you were never born as a human being, but where someone builds a roller skate, and you are that roller skate? Probably not. Most people think that you could not have … Continue reading Origin Essentialism: What Could Have Been Different about You?

Personal Identity: How We Exist Over Time

An introduction to the topic of personal identity: how do we continue to exist over time as the same being, despite the many changes that occur to us?