Alternatives

In The Human Animal: Personal Identity Without Psychology. New York, US: Oxford University Press. pp. 154-168 (1997)
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Discusses three claims that have been assumed in previous chapters: that we exist; that there is such a thing as absolute numerical identity; and that we are not composed of temporal parts. One could avoid many of the book's arguments by denying any one of these claims.

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