Philosophical idea of a person having a unique existence
This article is about the topic in philosophy. For a person's self-identity or sense of self, see Self-concept and Identity (social science). For other uses, see Personal identity (disambiguation) and Identity (disambiguation).
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Personal identity is the unique numerical identity of a person over time.[1][2] Discussions regarding personal identity typically aim to determine the necessary and sufficient conditions under which a person at one time and a person at another time can be said to be the same person, persisting through time.
In philosophy, the problem of personal identity[3] is concerned with how one is able to identify a single person over a time interval, dealing with such questions as, "What makes it true that a person at one time is the same thing as a person at another time?" or "What kinds of things are we persons?"
In contemporary metaphysics, the matter of personal identity is referred to as the diachronic problem of personal identity.[a][4] The synchronic problem concerns the question of what features and traits characterize a person at a given time. Analytic philosophy and continental philosophy both inquire about the nature of identity. Continental philosophy deals with conceptually maintaining identity when confronted by different philosophic propositions, postulates, and presuppositions about the world and its nature.[5][6]
^Personal Identity (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
^Identity (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
^"Personal Identity - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy". www.iep.utm.edu. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
^An Essay Concerning Human Understanding; Volumes 1–3. By John Locke
^Self and Subjectivity; "Identity, Sex, and the Metaphysics of Substance". Edited by Kim Atkins. p257.
^Cultural Theory: An Anthology. Edited by Imre Szeman, Timothy Kaposy. p481. "Identity, Sex, and the Metaphysics of Substance"
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