Ideas from 'Are Persons Bodies?' by Bernard Williams [1970], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Problems of the Self: Papers 1956-1972' by Williams,Bernard [CUP 1979,0-521-29060-0]].

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16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 1. Existence of Persons
'Dead person' isn't a contradiction, so 'person' is somewhat vague
You can only really love a person as a token, not as a type