Definition of Parfit. Meaning of Parfit. Synonyms of Parfit

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Parfit. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Parfit and, of course, Parfit synonyms and on the right images related to the word Parfit.

Definition of Parfit

Parfit
Parfit Par"fit, a. Perfect. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Meaning of Parfit from wikipedia

- Derek Antony Parfit FBA (/ˈpɑːrfɪt/; 11 December 1942 – 2 January 2017) was a British philosopher who specialised in personal identity, rationality, and...
- as the repugnant conclusion) is a problem in ethics identified by Derek Parfit and discussed in his book Reasons and Persons (1984). The paradox identifies...
- intuitions on the nature of self and consciousness, formulated by Derek Parfit in his 1984 book Reasons and Persons. The Polish science-fiction writer...
- Reasons and Persons is a 1984 book by the philosopher Derek Parfit, in which the author discusses ethics, rationality and personal identity. It is divided...
- Whale is a 2011 do****entary film directed by Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit. Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, it tells the story of Luna, a killer whale (orca)...
- moral philosophy by Derek Parfit. The first two volumes were published in 2011 and the third in 2017. It is a follow-up to Parfit's 1984 book Reasons and...
- ****ure where there is a large number of people with very low utility values. Parfit terms this "the repugnant conclusion", believing it to be intuitively undesirable...
- represented by the talent agency, Parfit Production. On June 22, 2020, Kikuchi announced that she has left Parfit Production and gone independent. Her...
- The thought experiment was formulated by Derek Parfit in his 1984 book Reasons and Persons. Derek Parfit and others consider a hypothetical "teletransporter"...
- Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons". The Philosophical Review. 98 (4): 439–484. doi:10.2307/2185115. JSTOR 2185115. Bostrom 2013, pp. 23–24. Parfit, D. (1984)...