Personality and persistence: The many faces of personal survival. Schechtman, M. American Philosophical Quarterly, 41(2):87–105, 2004.
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[first paragraph] Although not universally accepted, the idea that psychological continuation is a crucial element of diachronic personal iden? tity is well-entrenched. Any satisfying ac? count of personal continuity must somehow be responsible to this powerful intuition, and neo-Lockean views have enjoyed great suc? cess. Those who inherit Locke's basic in? sight, however, also inherit the well-known difficulties with his theory. One of the most serious of these is the fact that the relation in terms of which this account defines iden? tity does not conform to the logical require? ments of an identity relation. Psychological continuation, for instance, admits of degrees or can be a one-many relation, while nei? ther is true of identity.
@article{Schechtman2004,
abstract = {[first paragraph] Although not universally accepted, the idea that psychological continuation is a crucial element of diachronic personal iden? tity is well-entrenched. Any satisfying ac? count of personal continuity must somehow be responsible to this powerful intuition, and neo-Lockean views have enjoyed great suc? cess. Those who inherit Locke's basic in? sight, however, also inherit the well-known difficulties with his theory. One of the most serious of these is the fact that the relation in terms of which this account defines iden? tity does not conform to the logical require? ments of an identity relation. Psychological continuation, for instance, admits of degrees or can be a one-many relation, while nei? ther is true of identity.},
author = {Schechtman, Marya},
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journal = {American Philosophical Quarterly},
number = {2},
pages = {87--105},
title = {{Personality and persistence: The many faces of personal survival}},
volume = {41},
year = {2004}
}

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