Ideas from 'The Concept of a Person' by A.J. Ayer [1963], by Theme Structure

[found in 'The Concept of a Person etc' by Ayer,A.J. [Macmillan 1973,333-14878-9]].

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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / b. Scepticism of other minds

5662	Maybe induction could never prove the existence of something unobservable

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 1. Self and Consciousness

5664	Consciousness must involve a subject, and only bodies identify subjects

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body

5668	People own conscious states because they are causally related to the identifying body

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection

5661	We identify experiences by their owners, so we can't define owners by their experiences

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / a. Memory is Self

5665	Memory is the best proposal as what unites bundles of experiences

5666	Not all exerience can be remembered, as this would produce an infinite regress

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 6. Body sustains Self

5669	Personal identity can't just be relations of experiences, because the body is needed to identify them