1. Psychology and Personal Identity -- 2. Persistence -- 3. Why We Need Not Accept the Psychological Approach -- 4. Was I Ever a Fetus? -- 5. Are People Animals? -- 6. The Biological Approach -- 7. Alternatives
Summary
Olson presents a defence of a radically non-psychological account of personal identity. Continuity of mental contents or capacities is neither necessary nor sufficient for us to persist through time. Our identity consists in biological processes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p, 179-185) and index
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