Personal Identity
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2013
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Garrett, Brian
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Sage Publications Inc
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This entry is concerned with the concepts of a person and of personal identity and with various theories of persons and their identity. A paradox is unearthed: We have strong reasons for thinking that any (human) person is identical to a human being yet equally strong reasons deny this. Our concept of a person thus harbors a contradiction.
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The Encyclopedia of the Mind
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2037-12-31