A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality

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A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality
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First edition
AuthorJohn Perry
Subjectpersonal identity
Published1978
PublisherHackett Publishing Company
Pages56 pp.
ISBN9780915144532

A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality is a book by the philosopher John Perry.[1][2][3] It has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Persian and Korean.[4][5]

Content[]

It deals with standard problems in the theory of personal identity in the form of a dialogue between a terminally ill university professor at a small Midwestern college, Gretchen Weirob, and her two friends, Sam Miller and Dave Cohen. The views represented include those of Bernard Williams, John Locke, and Derek Parfit. The format of associating different philosophical positions with different characters in a dialogue recalls David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.

Reception[]

David M. Rosenthal believes that the book is appropriate for both professionals and students because it "makes a complicated topic stimulating and accessible without any sacrifice of scholarly accuracy or thoroughness."[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Mills, Andrew. "Perry Dialogue Study Questions". Otterbein University. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Perry: A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality". Oberlin College. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. ^ Facenda, Neusa (April 2010). "Analysis of Perry's Theories of Personal Identity". . Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Perry's CV" (PDF). Retrieved 14 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality" (PDF). Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  6. ^ "A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality (Hackett Philosophical Dialogues)". www.amazon.com.

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