The Philosophical Personality Argument

The philosophical heart of this book is embodied in the Philosophical Personality Argument, which is: In this chapter, we provide reasons to think (1) is true. We review evidence from Chaps. 2 – 4 providing reasons to think (2) is true. We discuss how premise (3) seems to capture standard ways that intuitions could be used as evidence. We then argue that the conclusion (4) poses substantial challenges to some philosophical projects (e.g., Neo-Platonic projects) but not necessarily others (e.g., conceptual analysis). We then defend premises 1–3 from several objections.