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W2 - B1 - CHAP 2
LOCKE ON PERSONS
Nigel Warbuton
Nigel Warbuton -…
W2 - B1 - CHAP 2
LOCKE ON PERSONS
Nigel Warbuton
LOCKE'S ESSAY CONCERNING
HUMAN UNDERSTANDING
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DEFINITIONS
PERSON
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CONSIDER ITSELF AS ITSELF
=same thinking thing in diff
times and places, p.292 SB
ONLY THROUGH CONSCIOUSNESS
INSEPARABLE FROM THINKING
=essential. Impossible to perceive without
perceiving that you perceive
PERSONAL IDENTITY
/ SELF
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LIMITED ONLY BY HOW FAR
THIS CONSCIOUSNESS CAN BE
EXTENDED BACKWARDS TO ANY
PAST ACTION, p.293 SB
LINKED TO BODY,
AFFECTING E.O. p.293 SB
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QUESTIONS
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IF (IMMATERIAL) THINKING
SUBSTANCE SAME
=DIFFERENT PERSONS?
eg Nestor and Thersites, p.294 SB
IF NO CONSCIOUSNESS TO BE
THE DIFF PERSONS, THEN YES
IF CONSCIOUSNESS TO BE
BOTH PERSONS, THEN NO
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IMPLICATIONS
PERSONS ARE ACCOUNTABLE
FOR WHAT THEY ARE CONSCIOUS
ABOUT, p.295 SB
WRONG TO PUNISH ACTIONS
OF A DIFFERENT PERSON, p.296
CONTEXT
PLACE OF THE BOOK
IN HISTORY OF
PHILOSOPHY, p.33
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KEY TERMS & THEIR
MEANING (in Locke's
17th cent. English), p. 35-36
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PERSON
SELF
SET OF THINKING,
EMOTIONS ETC
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