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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity

5351	We only have a sense of our self as continuous, not as exactly the same [Flanagan]
	Full Idea: We only have a sense of our self as continuous, but not as exactly the same.
	From: Owen Flanagan (The Problem of the Soul [2002], p.178)
	A reaction: Russell said this too, and it seems to me to be right. Personal identity is far too imprecise for me to assert that I remember my ten-year-old self as being identical to me now. Only physical objects like teddy bears can pass that test.