Full Idea
Can one really think that point-duration temporal slices of bodies believe things or want things?
Gist of Idea
How can point-duration slices of people have beliefs or desires?
Source
Judith (Jarvis) Thomson (People and Their Bodies [1997], p.211), quoted by Katherine Hawley - How Things Persist 2.9 n21
Book Reference
Hawley,Katherine: 'How Things Persist' [OUP 2004], p.65
A Reaction
There is a problem with a slice doing anything long-term. The bottom line is that things are said to 'endure', but that is precisely what time-slices are unable to do. Hawley rejects this idea.