Title: Frankfurt on Identification and Satisfaction : A Critical Response
Abstract: textabstractIn his seminal 1971 essay Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person,
Harry Frankfurt provides an insightful account of free will and the problem
of determinism, that is not metaphysical, but rather psychological
and practical. First and foremost, though, Frankfurt offers a philosophical
analysis of the nature of personhood. He does so by providing an alternative
to the account of personhood advanced by Peter Strawson. In the
Strawsonian view, a person is defined exclusively as a subject having both
physical and mental properties, so that the concept of a person can simply
be equated with the concept of a human being. Frankfurt argues against
this view, assuming that mere membership in the biological species homo
sapiens is not sufficient enough to decide on the question of personhood.
Instead, he claims that the essence of a person is to be found in the structure
of the will.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-07-07
Language: en
Type: article
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