Muñoz Corcuera, Alfonso2025-01-162025-01-162017Muñoz-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/10.1080/02580136.2017.13424660258-013610.1080/02580136.2017.1342466https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/114657In 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.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/journal article2073-4867https://doi.org/10.1080/02580136.2017.1342466https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02580136.2017.1342466https://produccioncientifica.ucm.es/documentos/6220ae2bedbb7d3c7e8b9677open access1159.922:1Personal identityThought experimentsWilkesBeckWagnerFilosofía de la mente72 Filosofía