The Diachronic Mind An Essay on Personal Identity, Psychological Continuity and the Mind-Body Problem

vii 1 ~OOUCTIONANOOVERVlliW 1 2 SEITING THE STAGE: PERSONAL IDENTITY ANO THE MErAPHYSICS OFMIND 1. Introduction 6 2. The Problem of Personal Identity over Time 7 3. The Psychological Criterion of Personal Identity over Time 12 4. The Neo-Lockean Psychological Criterion of Personal Identity 16 5. The...

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Main Author: Slors, M.V.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2001, 2001
Edition:1st ed. 2001
Series:Philosophical Studies Series
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction and Overview
  • 2 Setting the Stage: Personal Identity and the Metaphysics of Mind
  • 3 Parfit’s Reductio of a Substratum-Oriented Conception of Psychological Continuity
  • 4 A Content-Oriented Conception of Psychological Continuity
  • 5 A Psychological Criterion of Personal Identity: The Five Problems Revisited
  • 6 N-Continuity as a Part of Folk-Psychology. the Link Between Personal Identity and the Identities of Persons
  • 7 Nonreductivism: The Relevance of N-Continuity
  • 8 Appendix: Interpretationism and Mental Realism
  • Notes
  • References