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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 1. Identity and the Self
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Psychologists are interested in identity as a type of person, but philosophers study numerical identity [Parfit]
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity
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If my brain-halves are transplanted into two bodies, I have continuity, and don't need identity [Parfit]
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Over a period of time what matters is not that 'I' persist, but that I have psychological continuity [Parfit]
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 4. Split Consciousness
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It is fine to save two dying twins by merging parts of their bodies into one, and identity is irrelevant [Parfit]
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If two humans are merged surgically, the new identity is a purely verbal problem [Parfit]
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