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Personal identity

Personal identity is the unique identity of a person over time. Discussions regarding personal identity typically aim to determine the necessary and sufficient conditions under which a person at one time and a person at another time can be said to be the same person, persisting through time.

Continuity of substance, Continuity of consciousness & No-self theory

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Continuity of substance

Continuity of consciousness

Bundle theory of the self

No-self theory

Experimental philosophy

Relation to solipsism

Identity

Continuity

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Personal identity

Nodes171
Edges170
Triples113
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011696
Components1

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Personal identity

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related to Locke's conception · 18
Personal identity → According, Book II, Chapter, Diversity, Essay Concerning Human Understanding, For, If, John Locke, Locke, Nietzsche, On Identity, One, Plato, Plato's, Therefore, This, Through, We
related to Bodily substance · 15
Personal identity → As, Derek Parfit, Earth, However, It, Mars, Nevertheless, One, Ship, The, Theseus, They, This, Ultimately, With
related to External links · 14
Personal identity → Carsten Korfmacher, Edward, Eric, Gordon-Roth, In Zalta, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, Jessica, Locke, OCLC, Olson, Philosophy, PhilosophyTeaching, Stanford Encyclopedia
related to No-self theory · 11
Personal identity → Buddha, Giles, Hume, Hume's, James Giles, On Giles, Propositionally, Self, The, The Buddhist, This
related to Bundle theory of the self · 9
Personal identity → Buddha, David Hume, Hume, Hume's, Note, The, Though, We, When
related to Split-brains · 9
Personal identity → According, Derek Parfit, He, In, In Reasons, Parfit, Persons, Some, Sometimes
related to Relation to solipsism · 8
Personal identity → A-theory, Caspar Hare, Caspar Hare's, Hare, He, Philosophers, Several, Vincent Conitzer
related to Experimental philosophy · 4
Personal identity → Experimental, Since, Studies, This
related to Mental substance · 4
Personal identity → If, In, One, The
related to Moral self theory · 4
Personal identity → Data, Findings, For, When

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Personal identityis aunique identity of a person over time0.90text
Personal identityis afiction supports this reading0.90text
Nietzsche would point out.According to Lockeinstance ofas critics0.80text
personal identityinstance ofas critics0.80text
memory lossinstance ofBut sense of self breaks down when considering some events0.80text
dissociative identity disorderinstance ofBut sense of self breaks down when considering some events0.80text
brain damageinstance ofBut sense of self breaks down when considering some events0.80text
brainwashinginstance ofBut sense of self breaks down when considering some events0.80text
and various thought experimentsinstance ofBut sense of self breaks down when considering some events0.80text
Caspar Hare have argued that the existence of personal identityinstance ofRelation to solipsismPhilosophers0.80text
existing as oneselfinstance ofRelation to solipsismPhilosophers0.80text
not as someone else implies a form of solipsisminstance ofRelation to solipsismPhilosophers0.80text

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