Derek Antony Parfit FBA (/ˈpɑːrfɪt/; 11 December 1942 – 2 January 2017) was a British philosopher who specialised in personal identity, rationality, and...

common intuitions on the nature of self and consciousness, formulated by Derek Parfit in his 1984 book Reasons and Persons. The Polish science-fiction writer...

known 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...

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...

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...

perceptions instead of concepts. In philosopher Derek Parfit's 2011 book On What Matters, Volume 1, Parfit presents an argument against psychological egoism...

ants Derek Parfit (1942–2017), British philosopher and academic Derek J. de Solla Price (1922–1983), information scientist and science historian Derek Ratcliffe...

of 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...

church and state. The work of well known moral philosophers such as Derek Parfit and Peter Singer, and even the whole field of contemporary bioethics...

and the identities of the persons who ever live." Moral philosopher Derek Parfit brought population ethics to the attention of the academic community...