Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language
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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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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 |
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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 |
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Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language |
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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 |
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Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language |
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Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language |
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Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language |
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Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language |
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Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? The impoverishment of philosophical language |
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Colen, J. A. |
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Colen, J. A. Vecchio, Anthony |
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Vecchio, Anthony |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Colen, J. A. Vecchio, Anthony |
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Non-identity Personhood Derek Parfit Robert Nozick Bernard Williams Edmund Husserl Arts & Humanities |
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Non-identity Personhood Derek Parfit Robert Nozick Bernard Williams Edmund Husserl Arts & Humanities |
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«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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