Personal Identity: Great Debates in Philosophy

Oxford, England: Blackwell. Edited by Richard Swinburne (1984)
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What does it mean to say that this person at this time is 'the same' as that person at an earlier time? If the brain is damaged or the memory lost, how far does a person's identity continue? In this book two eminent philosophers develop very different approaches to the problem.

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