Explore Parfit through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Parfit meaning
Perfect.
Using Parfit
- The main meaning on this page is: Perfect.
- In the example corpus, parfit often appears in combinations such as: parfit was, while parfit.
Context around Parfit
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Parfit
- In this selection, "parfit" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, derek, identity, future, contrives, admits and asserts stand out and add context to how "parfit" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 14 when parfit was sentenced and and derek parfit. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "parfit" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with parfit
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Parfit asserts that this is simply absurd. (7 words)
Parfit illustrates this with a simple thought experiment. (8 words)
Parfit often poses more questions than he answers. (8 words)
Henry Sidgwick longed for the fusion of ethics and rationality and, while Parfit admits that many would more ardently avoid acting irrationally as opposed to immorally, he cannot construct an argument that adequately unites the two. (36 words)
Parfit explains that from this so-called "Argument from Below" we can arbitrate the value of the heart and other organs still working without having to assign them derived significance, as Johnston's perspective would dictate. (36 words)
At Cardiff Crown Court, on Friday 14, when Parfit was sentenced, he was described as being the full carer of his wife – a duty he performed for well over a decade. (31 words)
Example sentences (17)
At Cardiff Crown Court, on Friday 14, when Parfit was sentenced, he was described as being the full carer of his wife – a duty he performed for well over a decade.
Additionally, he endorses Derek Parfit's view that there are object-given reasons for action.
Aside from the initial appeal to plausibility of desires that do not directly contribute to one's life going well, Parfit contrives situations where S is indirectly self-defeating.
Henry Sidgwick longed for the fusion of ethics and rationality and, while Parfit admits that many would more ardently avoid acting irrationally as opposed to immorally, he cannot construct an argument that adequately unites the two.
On Parfit's account, individuals are nothing more than brains and bodies, but identity cannot be reduced to either.
Parfit asserts that this is simply absurd.
Parfit describes his loss of belief in a separate self as liberating: Fearn, Nicholas.
Parfit explains that from this so-called "Argument from Below" we can arbitrate the value of the heart and other organs still working without having to assign them derived significance, as Johnston's perspective would dictate.
Parfit illustrates this with a simple thought experiment.
Parfit offers the Critical Present Aim Theory (CP), a broad catch-all that can be formulated to accommodate any competing theory.
Parfit often poses more questions than he answers.
Parfit's explanation is that it is not personhood itself that matters, but rather the facts in which personhood consists that provide it with significance.
Personal identity Parfit is singular in his meticulously rigorous and almost mathematical investigations into personal identity.
The family returned to the United Kingdom about a year after Parfit was born, settling in Oxford.
The future Parfit's most famous postulations come in Part IV of Reasons and Persons, where he discusses possible futures for the world.
While Parfit cannot offer an argument to dismiss S outright, his exposition lays S bare and allows its own failings to show through.
Writings (selected) *1964: Eton Microcosm; edited by Anthony Cheetham and Derek Parfit.
Common combinations with parfit
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: