The “Life” of the Mind
Persons and Survival
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21598548 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Harris (0000-0002-4025-5775, University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 570-595 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0963-1801 • E-ISSN: 1469-2147 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0963180124000082 |
| PMID | 38716646 |
| OpenAlex | W4396725452 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
A life of the mind can be lived only by creatures who know that they have minds. We call these creatures “persons,” and currently, all such persons THAT we know OF are “alive” in the biological sense. But are there, or could there be, either in the future or elsewhere in the universe, creatures with “a life of the mind” that are not “alive” in the sense that we humans usually understand this term today
Aesthetics · Creatures · Environmental ethics · History · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |