Full Idea
We only have a sense of our self as continuous, but not as exactly the same.
Gist of Idea
We only have a sense of our self as continuous, not as exactly the same
Source
Owen Flanagan (The Problem of the Soul [2002], p.178)
Book Reference
Flanagan,Owen: 'The Problem of the Soul' [Basic Books 2003], 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.