@article{ART002026815},
author={Kim, Jong Won},
title={Reid on Personhood},
journal={Philosophical Investigation},
issn={1598-7213},
year={2015},
volume={39},
pages={133-157},
doi={10.33156/philos.2015.39..005}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim, Jong Won
TI - Reid on Personhood
JO - Philosophical Investigation
PY - 2015
VL - 39
IS - null
PB - Institute of philosophy in Chung-Ang Univ.
SP - 133
EP - 157
SN - 1598-7213
AB - Reid believes that a person can have a perfect identity, since a person is indivisible. Thus, it is widely accepted among Reid scholars that Reid’s notion of a person is identical with the mind. There are several passages in Reid’s texts which support this position. However, there are also considerable textual evidence which shows that a person requires bodily parts. In fact, a person should be affected by external physical environments, exert active power, and be responsible for his physical action. In order for a person to interact with external world properly, it is essential for him to have bodily elements. If so, there is an inconsistency within Reid’s texts in relation to the notion of a person. Then, which one is the correct interpretation of Reid’s notion of a person and how can we solve this inconsistency? I believe the notion of a person is involved in not only the mind but also the body, and there is a consistent way of understanding Reid’s notion of a person. That is, by suggesting that a person as the unity between mind and body can be indivisible, the notion of a person can include both mind and body. Indeed, only this unity which has the principle of life as its own characteristic can be one and indivisible, until the unity is broken.
KW - Thomas Reid;personhood;personal identity;mind and body;the principle of life
DO - 10.33156/philos.2015.39..005
ER -
Kim, Jong Won. (2015). Reid on Personhood. Philosophical Investigation, 39, 133-157.
Kim, Jong Won. 2015, "Reid on Personhood", Philosophical Investigation, vol.39, pp.133-157. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2015.39..005
Kim, Jong Won "Reid on Personhood" Philosophical Investigation 39 pp.133-157 (2015) : 133.
Kim, Jong Won. Reid on Personhood. 2015; 39 133-157. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2015.39..005
Kim, Jong Won. "Reid on Personhood" Philosophical Investigation 39(2015) : 133-157.doi: 10.33156/philos.2015.39..005
Kim, Jong Won. Reid on Personhood. Philosophical Investigation, 39, 133-157. doi: 10.33156/philos.2015.39..005
Kim, Jong Won. Reid on Personhood. Philosophical Investigation. 2015; 39 133-157. doi: 10.33156/philos.2015.39..005
Kim, Jong Won. Reid on Personhood. 2015; 39 133-157. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2015.39..005
Kim, Jong Won. "Reid on Personhood" Philosophical Investigation 39(2015) : 133-157.doi: 10.33156/philos.2015.39..005
