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Full Idea
Everything is what it is, and not another thing.
Gist of Idea
Everything is what it is, and not another thing
Source
Joseph Butler (works [1732]), quoted by Georges Rey - Contemporary Philosophy of Mind 2.4
Book Ref
Rey,Georges: 'Contemporary Philosophy of Mind' [Blackwell 1997], p.48
| 21315 | A tree remains the same in the popular sense, but not in the strict philosophical sense [Butler] |
| 21317 | Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler] |
| 21314 | Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler] |
| 21313 | If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler] |
| 21318 | If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future [Butler] |
| 8066 | Butler exalts conscience, but it may be horribly misleading [Anscombe on Butler] |
| 3144 | Everything is what it is, and not another thing [Butler] |