Browsing Research Articles (Philosophy) by Subject "Psychological continuity theory"

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    • Am I my brother’s keeper? on personal identity and responsibility 

      Beck, Simon (Philosophical Society of Southern Africa, 2013)
      The psychological continuity theory of personal identity has recently been accused of not meeting what is claimed to be a fundamental requirement on theories of identity - to explain personal moral responsibility. Although ...

    • The misunderstandings of the Self-Understanding View 

      Beck, Simon (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013)
      Marya Schechtman has argued that contemporary attempts to save Locke’s account of personal identity suffer the same faults that are to be found in Locke, among which is an inability to capture the role our unconscious ...

    • Understanding ourselves better 

      Beck, Simon (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013)
      INTRODUCTION: Marya Schechtman and Grant Gillett acknowledge that my case in ‘The misunderstandings of the Self-Understanding View’ (2013) has some merits, but neither is moved to change their position and accept that the ...