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Think twice, it's all right: Animalism, disunity and the self

Think twice, it's all right: Animalism, disunity and the self
Think twice, it's all right: Animalism, disunity and the self
According to animalism, each of us is numerically identical to a human animal. Disunity cases—cases in which a human animal lacks some form of mental unity—are often thought to pose a problem for animalism. Tim Bayne (2010) has recently offered some novel arguments against animalism based on one particular disunity case, namely Cerberus: a single animal with two heads, each housing its own stream of consciousness. I show that Bayne's arguments are flawed, and that animalism is capable of handling the case.
0066-7374
371-380
Geddes, Alexander
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Geddes, Alexander
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Geddes, Alexander (2013) Think twice, it's all right: Animalism, disunity and the self. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 113 (3), 371-380. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-9264.2013.00359.x).

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According to animalism, each of us is numerically identical to a human animal. Disunity cases—cases in which a human animal lacks some form of mental unity—are often thought to pose a problem for animalism. Tim Bayne (2010) has recently offered some novel arguments against animalism based on one particular disunity case, namely Cerberus: a single animal with two heads, each housing its own stream of consciousness. I show that Bayne's arguments are flawed, and that animalism is capable of handling the case.

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Published date: October 2013

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/415459
ISSN: 0066-7374
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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 16:44

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