Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language

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Autor(a) principal: Colen, J. A.
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Vecchio, Anthony
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/77259
Resumo: «Who is a person?» is a question with moral, theological and even legal consequences, but it seems now apparently entangled in intractable puzzles; therefore, it has become frequent to suggest that we should entirely dispense with the idea of «personhood». This essay argues that the notions of «person», and rational «nature» which are essential in theological exploration, cannot be easily discarded from the philosophical vocabulary either. The paper argues that the preferred route of access should preserve the noetic heterogeneity of beings, because it is the current «scientistic» straitjacket that has made very articulation of the question fruitless and impoverished.
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spelling Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language¿Debemos prescindir de la idea de persona? El empobrecimiento del lenguaje filosóficoNon-identityPersonhoodDerek ParfitRobert NozickBernard WilliamsEdmund HusserlArts & Humanities«Who is a person?» is a question with moral, theological and even legal consequences, but it seems now apparently entangled in intractable puzzles; therefore, it has become frequent to suggest that we should entirely dispense with the idea of «personhood». This essay argues that the notions of «person», and rational «nature» which are essential in theological exploration, cannot be easily discarded from the philosophical vocabulary either. The paper argues that the preferred route of access should preserve the noetic heterogeneity of beings, because it is the current «scientistic» straitjacket that has made very articulation of the question fruitless and impoverished.Universidad de NavarraUniversidade do MinhoColen, J. A.Vecchio, Anthony20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/77259eng0036-976410.15581/006.53.2.273-304https://revistas.unav.edu/index.php/scripta-theologica/article/view/39478info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:11:57Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/77259Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:03:47.464606Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language
¿Debemos prescindir de la idea de persona? El empobrecimiento del lenguaje filosófico
title Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language
spellingShingle Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language
Colen, J. A.
Non-identity
Personhood
Derek Parfit
Robert Nozick
Bernard Williams
Edmund Husserl
Arts & Humanities
title_short Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language
title_full Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language
title_fullStr Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language
title_full_unstemmed Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language
title_sort Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language
author Colen, J. A.
author_facet Colen, J. A.
Vecchio, Anthony
author_role author
author2 Vecchio, Anthony
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Colen, J. A.
Vecchio, Anthony
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Non-identity
Personhood
Derek Parfit
Robert Nozick
Bernard Williams
Edmund Husserl
Arts & Humanities
topic Non-identity
Personhood
Derek Parfit
Robert Nozick
Bernard Williams
Edmund Husserl
Arts & Humanities
description «Who is a person?» is a question with moral, theological and even legal consequences, but it seems now apparently entangled in intractable puzzles; therefore, it has become frequent to suggest that we should entirely dispense with the idea of «personhood». This essay argues that the notions of «person», and rational «nature» which are essential in theological exploration, cannot be easily discarded from the philosophical vocabulary either. The paper argues that the preferred route of access should preserve the noetic heterogeneity of beings, because it is the current «scientistic» straitjacket that has made very articulation of the question fruitless and impoverished.
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