Parfitian survival en · NOUN
Etymology
After Derek Parfit, British philosopher, from ideas expressed in his book Reasons and Persons and various journal articles throughout the late 20th century.
Meanings
-
(uncountable) The state of remaining as one's original self after the bodily self has been amalgamated or deconstructed through time and experience.
I actually find Parfit's picture of survival depressing, but that of course is by comparison with what I take survival to be. By Parfitian survival, Parfitian death may may not seem so depressing.
1989, Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere (224)
- (uncountable) The question of one's psychological continuity and personal identity surviving through various philosophical thought experiments.