PHIL 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Thematic Relation

• School: University of San Diego
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 110
• Professor: Colanter

Document Summary

John locke a person is defined by having a soul the criterion of having a soul is the ability to reflect and reason. David hume i am merely a bundle of perceptions. There is consciousness of a continuing succession of experiences, but not a continuing experiencer. Person usually includes the concept of personhood and/or moral status. And the criteria or criterion for personhood is often grounded in one"s worldview. Identity is the fact that everything is itself and not something else. The law of identity: (a = a) The main concern is the issue of identity over time, that is, numerical identity. A criterion for identity is continuity over time. C. body criterion (sometimes includes the brain criterion)