Philosophical Quarterly 57 (227):212–224 (2007)
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David Lewis's cohabitation theory suffered damaging criticism from Derek Parfit. Though many have defended versions of Lewis's theory Parfit's criticism has not been answered. This paper shows how to defend the cohabitation theory against Parfit's criticism.
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| Keywords | Cohabitation David Lewis Parfit |
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| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2007.480.x |
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Survival and Identity.David K. Lewis - 1976 - In Amelie Oksenberg Rorty (ed.), The Identities of Persons. University of California Press. pp. 17-40.
All the World’s a Stage.Theodore Sider - 1996 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 74 (3):433 – 453.
Lewis, Perry, and What Matters.Derek Parfit - 1976 - In Amelie Oksenberg Rorty (ed.), The Identities of Persons. University of California Press.
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