Think twice, it's all right: : Animalism, disunity and the self

• Autores: Alexander Geddes
• Localización: Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, ISSN-e 1467-9264, Vol. 113, Nº. 3, 2013, págs. 371-380
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • According to animalism, each of us is numerically identical to a human animal. Disunity cases�cases in which a human animal lacks some form of mental unity�are often thought to pose a problem for animalism. Tim Bayne (2010) has recently offered some novel arguments against animalism based on one particular disunity case, namely Cerberus: a single animal with two heads, each housing its own stream of consciousness. I show that Bayne's arguments are flawed, and that animalism is capable of handling the case.