Richard Swinburne argues that the argument for a posteriori necessities (identities that need discovering) does not apply to the mind-body case because, unlike other entities identified by superficial 'stereotypes,' a person's essence is given directly in their own self-awareness.

Authors

• Person: Howard Robinson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition)

Sources

• Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Howard Robinson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• self-awareness concept