RT Journal Article
T1 Thought experiments in personal identity: a dialogue with Beck, Wagner and Wilkes
A1 Muñoz Corcuera, Alfonso
AB In a recent series of papers Beck and Wagner have been arguing about the general role that thought experiments can play in the debate on personal identity, showing their disagreement with the famous criticisms that Wilkes’ launched against their use. In this article I come back to Wilkes’ criticisms to show that her position is deeply problematic. If we adopt instead the mental model account of thought experiments, we can overcome Wilkes’ criticisms and justify the use of thought experiments in the debate of personal identity. This will allow us to see why Beck and Wagner were both half right and half wrong in their discussion.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 0258-0136
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/114657
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/114657
LA eng
NO Muñoz-Corcuera, A. (2017). Thought experiments in personal identity: A dialogue with Beck, Wagner and Wilkes. South African Journal of Philosophy, 36(4), 456–469. https://doi.org/10.1080/02580136.2017.1342466
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025