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Is There a Bodily Criterion of Personal Identity?

Eric T. Olson

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Abstract One of the main problems of personal identity is supposed to be how we relate to our bodies. A few philosophers endorse what is called a ‘bodily criterion of personal identity’: they say that weare our bodies, or that our identity over time consists in the identity of our bodies. Manymore deny this—typically on the grounds that we can imagine ourselves coming apart from our bodies. But both sides agree that the bodily criterion is an important view, which anyone thinking about personal identity must consider.

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Abstract One of the main problems of personal identity is supposed to be how we relate to our bodies. A few philosophers endorse what is called a ‘bodily criterion of personal identity’: they say that weare our bodies, or that our identity over time consists in the identity of our bodies. Manymore deny this—typically on the grounds that we can imagine ourselves coming apart from our bodies. But both sides agree that the bodily criterion is an important view, which anyone thinking about personal identity must consider.

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Abstract One of the main problems of personal identity is supposed to be how we relate to our bodies. A few philosophers endorse what is called a ‘bodily criterion of personal identity’: they say that weare our bodies, or that our identity over time consists in the identity of our bodies. Manymore deny this—typically on the grounds that we can imagine ourselves coming apart from our bodies. But both sides agree that the bodily criterion is an important view, which anyone thinking about personal identity must consider.

Key concepts: Personal identity, Identity (music), Psychology, Social psychology, Epistemology, Identity formation, Aesthetics, Sociology

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