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Vol. 4 No. 7 (2017): 2º Semestre de 2017

IDENTIDADE PESSOAL E NOMES PRÓPRIOS

Submitted
March 28, 2026
Published
2026-03-28

Abstract

Philosophical approaches to the notion of personal identity often challenge our ordinary view of the concepts of person and personal identity. I aim to understand how much the name (social feature) can be important for the definition and maintenance of gender identities (psychological feature) and sexual identities (biological feature). I analyze briefly the importance of the concept of proper names for the understanding of personal identity from Saul Kripke's theory of reference. Then I reflect the consequences of this theory within the discussion of personal identity, offering a variant of the paradox of Theseus, in order to problematize some important criteria for the re-identification of individuals. Finally, I present responses to the paradoxes of identifying persons. I conclude by offering some reasons to decline the consequences of the Parftian thesis.

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