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Summary of the Problem of Personal Identity

A Treatise Of Human Nature by David Hume

The problem – The problem of personal identity concerns determining the necessary and sufficient conditions for a person to persist as the same individual over time. It asks what makes a person at one time identical to a person at another, despite physical or psychological changes. How do we remain the “same” person from birth to death, even though our cells, memories, and personality traits change significantly? Continue reading Summary of the Problem of Personal Identity