-
- M Ruchsow and L Hermle.
- Fachkrankenhaus Christophsbad, Göppingen. martin.ruchsow@christophsbad.de
- Nervenarzt. 2007 May 1; 78 (5): 505-6, 508-10.
AbstractThe present paper discusses possible solutions to the problem of personal identity and intends to demonstrate criteria enabling us to view a person as the same at different time points in his life. Of special interest are the so-called memory criterion and the criterion of physical identity/continuity: a person remains the same if he is able to remember his past "states" or if he continues to have his former body (brain). The philosophical discussion of the last decades made clear that all attempts to reduce personal identity to memory or physical continuity are contradictory. In this paper we propose regarding personal identity as a normative phenomenon that evades a purely descriptive or neurobiological approach.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..