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Ideas for 'Introductions to Utilitarianism and its Critics', 'Philosophy of Natural Science' and 'The Method of Truth in Metaphysics'

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16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 1. Existence of Persons

4042	Metaphysics requires the idea of people (speakers) located in space and time [Davidson]
	Full Idea: An intelligible metaphysics will assign a central place to the idea of people (= speakers) with a location in public space and time.
	From: Donald Davidson (The Method of Truth in Metaphysics [1977], §III)
	A reaction: The 'location' is the interesting bit, requiring people to be bodies, not abstractions. A big, plausible claim, but hard to prove.