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- Title
Locke on Persons and Other Kinds of Substances.
- Authors
Leisinger, Matthew A.
- Abstract
Locke's commentators are divided about whether Locke thinks that the idea of a person is a substance idea or a mode idea. I use Locke's theory of kinds to argue for an intermediate interpretation on which the idea of a person is a substance idea that contains a mode idea. As a result, while proponents of the substance interpretation correctly claim that 'person' designates a kind of substance, proponents of the mode interpretation are nonetheless correct in insisting that mode ideas play an important role in Locke's account of persons and personal identity.
- Subjects
LOCKE, John, 1632-1704; SELF; THEORY of knowledge; IDEA (Philosophy); SUBSTANCE (Philosophy)
- Publication
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 2019, Vol 100, Issue 1, p129
- ISSN
0279-0750
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/papq.12255