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... persons , but not to their bodies . Persons and their bodies cannot , therefore , be the same . One can sometimes truly say of a person , for example , that he is intelli- gent , sentimental , that he loves his country , be- lieves in ...
... persons , but not to their bodies . Persons and their bodies cannot , therefore , be the same . One can sometimes truly say of a person , for example , that he is intelli- gent , sentimental , that he loves his country , be- lieves in ...
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... person is not a physical object and hence not identical with his own body . A person , for example , can reason , deliberate about ends and means , plan for the future , draw inferences from evidence , speculate , and so on . No ...
... person is not a physical object and hence not identical with his own body . A person , for example , can reason , deliberate about ends and means , plan for the future , draw inferences from evidence , speculate , and so on . No ...
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... persons ? Are there different each of us , expressed by different " sides " of our personalities ? persons inside Sometimes a person expresses apparent memories of events that occurred in distant times and to different " persons . " Is ...
... persons ? Are there different each of us , expressed by different " sides " of our personalities ? persons inside Sometimes a person expresses apparent memories of events that occurred in distant times and to different " persons . " Is ...
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Socratic Wisdom 2 Bertrand Russell The Value of Philosophy Suggestions for Further Reading Part II Philosophy of Religion Introduction Can we pr... | 1 |
A Critique of the Cosmological Argument | 2 |
The Watch and the Watchmaker | 3 |
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