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Definition of a concept
THE PERSONAL IDENTITY
The Self - Coggle Diagram
Definition of a concept
THE PERSONAL IDENTITY
DEFINITION
in philosophy
"what, if anything, makes a person the same person despite change over time", p.18 B1 (N. Warbuton)
Different from "political / sociological" sense of identity (culture, ethnicity, sexual preferences, etc.) (who am I?)
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PERSONHOOD
- what is it to be a person,
as opposed to a nonperson?
- at which point does one become a person?
- what does it take to become a one?
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PERSISTENCE
- what does it take for a person to continue existing rather than ceasing to exist?
- what determines which past or future being is you?
:star: Psychological continuity
:star: Physical continuity
:star: Both
:star: Our narrativist view
:star: The anticriterialist view
EVIDENCE
- what evidence makes a person themselves?
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POPULATION
- How many persons is there at a given time?
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WHAT AM I?
- what are our fundamental properties?
what are we made of?
- where do our spatial boundaries are, if any?
:star: biological organisms
:star: material things constituted by certain organisms
:star: temporal parts of animals
:star: spatial parts of animals
:star: partless immateral substances (souls)
:star: collection of mental states or events
:star: we are nothing at all
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