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'In the last ten years, you have changed both physically and mentally in countless ways - In what sense, then, have you remained the same person?'
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'In the last ten years, you have changed both physically and mentally in countless ways. In what sense, then, have you remained the same person?' We can see empirically from the world around us and from countless experiences that a human being within time changes in numerous ways. The question that is to be answered here is essentially one to do with sameness of a human being and of personal identity. For example, I would indeed claim to be the same human being if even if my little finger was chopped off. I would also claim to be the same person even if both my arms and both my legs were amputated. The question arises as to what point I could have to reach in order for people to claim that I am not in fact the same person anymore. For example, if all that was left of me was my...
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