Author: Chad Vance Category: Metaphysics, Historical Philosophy Word Count: 998 That table you’re sitting at; or that coffee mug in front of you; or that phone: have you seen these objects before? Presumably you have. But, consider some of the assumptions behind this: first, that there are such things as tables and mugs, and, second, … Continue reading The Ship of Theseus: What Makes an Object the Same Object Over Time?
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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?