Man it'd be nice to still have Dennett and Parfit as AI eats the world and there are top level political fights about effective altruism.
September 23, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Man it'd be nice to still have Dennett and Parfit as AI eats the world and there are top level political fights about effective altruism.
boy the atom by atom thing really brings out the parfit
April 23, 2026 at 1:35 AM
boy the atom by atom thing really brings out the parfit
A long review of Parfit philosophersmag.com/imperfect-pa...
Imperfect Parfit - The Philosophers' Magazine
Daniel Kodsi and John Maier critically discuss Derek Parfit, as portrayed in a recent biography by David Edmunds.
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November 21, 2024 at 4:10 PM
A long review of Parfit philosophersmag.com/imperfect-pa...
The works of Derek Parfit (1942-2017) have had a profound influence on how philosophers understand rational decision-making, ethics, and personal identity. www.philosophytalk.org/shows/derek-... #Parfit #philosophy #philsky
Derek Parfit and Your Future Self
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January 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The works of Derek Parfit (1942-2017) have had a profound influence on how philosophers understand rational decision-making, ethics, and personal identity. www.philosophytalk.org/shows/derek-... #Parfit #philosophy #philsky
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Identity
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/identity-3
Seriously, Derek Parfit is an untapped comedy gold mine.
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/identity-3
Seriously, Derek Parfit is an untapped comedy gold mine.
September 24, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Identity
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/identity-3
Seriously, Derek Parfit is an untapped comedy gold mine.
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/identity-3
Seriously, Derek Parfit is an untapped comedy gold mine.
Robert Redford as Derek Parfit.
February 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Robert Redford as Derek Parfit.
This review of the biography of Derek Parfit, entitled Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality is so intriguing. It begins with a very disquieting anecdote from the philosopher's life, and goes on to consider the consequences of truly living your philosophy.
Nothing Personal
Was this man Parfit some kind of sociopath?
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December 2, 2023 at 9:07 PM
This review of the biography of Derek Parfit, entitled Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality is so intriguing. It begins with a very disquieting anecdote from the philosopher's life, and goes on to consider the consequences of truly living your philosophy.
I'm very fond of this paragraph from Parfit. In general, I appreciate the intense and unusual sincerity of his writing.
January 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I'm very fond of this paragraph from Parfit. In general, I appreciate the intense and unusual sincerity of his writing.
Derek Parfit and Robert Nozick look like they went to the same pickup artist course
January 4, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Derek Parfit and Robert Nozick look like they went to the same pickup artist course
Hanging throughout the Uehiro Oxford Institute - Derek Parfit prints
October 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Hanging throughout the Uehiro Oxford Institute - Derek Parfit prints
Derek Parfit v Bernard Williams (sorry, I’m team Williams)
I really think at its heart philosophy is one giant battle, taking place over many eras and nations, between people who are basically pleasant bureaucrats and people who are sexy murder poets, and it’s both super important and super boring that the pleasant bureaucrats must win.
November 15, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Derek Parfit v Bernard Williams (sorry, I’m team Williams)
Regardless of how you feel about this argument, Parfit is a joy. (He does have a rebuttal)
August 28, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Regardless of how you feel about this argument, Parfit is a joy. (He does have a rebuttal)
I think this only applies to analytic philosophy. Continental philosophy integrates ideas from art, history, and literature, and even from analytic philosophy (cf. Ricoeur’s program for a new virtue ethics in “Oneself As Another,” where he engages critically with Anscombe, Davidson, and Parfit).
September 26, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I think this only applies to analytic philosophy. Continental philosophy integrates ideas from art, history, and literature, and even from analytic philosophy (cf. Ricoeur’s program for a new virtue ethics in “Oneself As Another,” where he engages critically with Anscombe, Davidson, and Parfit).
Little known fact: Derek Parfit had an urbanist phase.
April 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Little known fact: Derek Parfit had an urbanist phase.
Like Parfit does this too but at least Parfit, it's my impression, is basically saying "HERE IS EVERYTHING I WAS THINKING ABOUT FOR 25 YEARS" whereas Rawls is like "here's how Justice works" and Nozick is like "here's why libertarianism is true."
May 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Like Parfit does this too but at least Parfit, it's my impression, is basically saying "HERE IS EVERYTHING I WAS THINKING ABOUT FOR 25 YEARS" whereas Rawls is like "here's how Justice works" and Nozick is like "here's why libertarianism is true."
Checking some footnotes reminded me of a Joseph Raz seminar on Equality where he contrasted Derek Parfit and Harry Frankfurt's philosophical style. Parfit, he said, wanted to sort everything out with many distinctions, whereas Frankfurt wanted to find the one big insight that overturned everything.
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Checking some footnotes reminded me of a Joseph Raz seminar on Equality where he contrasted Derek Parfit and Harry Frankfurt's philosophical style. Parfit, he said, wanted to sort everything out with many distinctions, whereas Frankfurt wanted to find the one big insight that overturned everything.
The late Derek Parfit was born on this date in 1942. Last year Josh and Ray explored his life & thought with his former student @davidedmonds100.bsky.social, author of "Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality."
More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/derek-parfit-and-your-future-self.
More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/derek-parfit-and-your-future-self.
December 11, 2024 at 3:21 PM
The late Derek Parfit was born on this date in 1942. Last year Josh and Ray explored his life & thought with his former student @davidedmonds100.bsky.social, author of "Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality."
More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/derek-parfit-and-your-future-self.
More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/derek-parfit-and-your-future-self.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Dial
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Dial
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April 19, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Currently listening to David Edmonds’ biography of him.
Parfit’s sister pointed out the issue, and her son drew up a contract to transfer ownership of their family cat to Parfit — without any care obligations, but he received a photo to display in case anybody questioned his moral integrity.
Parfit’s sister pointed out the issue, and her son drew up a contract to transfer ownership of their family cat to Parfit — without any care obligations, but he received a photo to display in case anybody questioned his moral integrity.
April 11, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Currently listening to David Edmonds’ biography of him.
Parfit’s sister pointed out the issue, and her son drew up a contract to transfer ownership of their family cat to Parfit — without any care obligations, but he received a photo to display in case anybody questioned his moral integrity.
Parfit’s sister pointed out the issue, and her son drew up a contract to transfer ownership of their family cat to Parfit — without any care obligations, but he received a photo to display in case anybody questioned his moral integrity.
June 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Repugnant Conclusion, Derik Parfit, 1984
September 27, 2024 at 4:42 PM
The Repugnant Conclusion, Derik Parfit, 1984
Prague will have a bunch of new streets and parks named after well-known philosophers, including Wittgenstein street, Rawls park and Parfit park.
March 5, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Prague will have a bunch of new streets and parks named after well-known philosophers, including Wittgenstein street, Rawls park and Parfit park.