The problem of the many stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. In his 1980, peter unger introduced the problem of the many. Why there are no people the information philosopher. No finite persons or conscious beings exist, including myself peter unger. I do not exist 1979 cited by 109 3 citations per year. Unger suggested that clouds are paradigms of this phenomena, and. Peter unger has changed his views somewhat since he wrote three famous philosophical papers i do not exist, why there are no people and why there.
In 1980 peter unger formulated what he called the problem of the many. All the power in the world peter unger oxford university. Mackie, david wiggins, john foster, richard wollheim, peter unger, bernard williams, stephan korner and a. Why peter unger hasnt established substance dualism1 will bynoe. I magine, if you will, a somewhat uncommonly shaped object, one whose shape is not very irregular or bizarre. Peter unger, professor of philosophy, has written extensively in epistemology. A comparison between ayers views about the privileges of sensedatum statements and the views of russell. Geach 1980, but unger s presentation has been the most influential over recent years. The mental problems of the many information philosopher. All the power in the world peter unger oxford university press january 2006 isbn 0195155610 peter unger has changed his views somewhat since he wrote three famous philosophical papers i do not exist, why there are no people and why there are no ordinary things in 1979. Problems of the many, pdf, a slightly more polished draft will appear in. Why there are no people peter unger i magine, if you will, a somewhat uncommonly shaped object, one whose shape is not very irregular or bizarre, perhaps, but which is at least sufficiently so that we have no common name or expression for an object with a shape of that sort. Since those presuppositions were not satisfied, there are no clouds.
Why there are no people unger 1979 midwest studies in. Notice unger doesnt speak about the i or the self, whatever that means, but about persons. Unger is a contemporary american philosopher and professor at new york university. Cornell university press 1979 authors peter unger new york university abstract this article has no associated abstract. The problem initially looks like a special kind of puzzle about vague predicates, but that may be misleading. I believe theres a table before me whether or not there is a table before her, she. Request permission export citation add to favorites track citation. It led unger to propose that nothing exists and that even he did not exist, a position.