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| Person, philosophy: A thinking and sentient being that distinguishes itself from others. In the course of the history of philosophy, further determinations have been agreed on or disregarded, e.g. rationality, autonomy, not-being-able-to-be-possessed. While the human and his body age, the person has no temporal stages. See also individual, law, continuants, identity.<_____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Locke on Person - Dictionary of Arguments
Graeser I 224 Person/Locke: by identity of consciousness, not the numerical identity of the substance. - - - Euchner I 55f Person/Locke: awake/sleeping: not the same person (probably the same human being). Person: someone who attributes past actions to himself. Man/humanLocke: bound to shape. VsDescartes: when separated from the mental it is possible that a contemporary man was the person Nestor, but not the man Socrates. >Personal identity. Ethics: a drunk person is not liable if without consciousness. >Ethics, >Morals/Locke._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Loc III J. Locke An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Grae I A. Graeser Positionen der Gegenwartsphilosophie. München 2002 Loc I W. Euchner Locke zur Einführung Hamburg 1996 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2023-09-23