Parfitian survival

English

Etymology

After Derek Parfit, British philosopher, from ideas expressed in his book Reasons and Persons and various journal articles throughout the late 20th century.

Noun

Parfitian survival (uncountable)

1. The state of remaining as one's original self after the bodily self has been amalgamated or deconstructed through time and experience.
   • 1989, Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere (224)

     I actually find Parfit's picture of survival depressing, but that of course is by comparison with what I take survival to be. By Parfitian survival, Parfitian death may may not seem so depressing.

2. The question of one's psychological continuity and personal identity surviving through various philosophical thought experiments.

See also

• Parfitian