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8.2 John Locke on Personal Identity

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General Philosophy
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Part 8.2. Looks at John Locke's view of personal identity; how consciousness and 'personal history' distinguish personal identity and the idea of memory as crucial for personal identity.

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8.1 Introduction to Personal Identity

Part 8.1. Introduces the concept of personal identity, what is it to be a person, whether someone is the same person over time and Leibniz's law of sameness.
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8.3 Problems for Locke's View of Personal Identity

Part 8.3. Criticisms of Locke's view of personal identity; if personal identity is dependent on memory then how does forgetting personal history and the concept of false memory change Locke's view of personal identity.
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General Philosophy
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Peter Millican
Keywords
sorites argument
memory
philosophy
identity
locke
Department: Faculty of Philosophy
Date Added: 01/12/2010
Duration: 00:15:06

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