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Psychological Approaches to Personal Identity: Do Memories and Consciousness Make Us Who We Are?

An image of "teletransportation" from "Star Trek." Traveling by teletransporter appears to depend on a psychological theory of personal identity.
3 February 20227 June 2022 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 6 Comments

An introduction to the theory of personal identity known as a psychological theory of personal identity: the nature of persons is that we are our conscious mind and memories.

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