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Why We Need not Accept the Psychological Approach
In The Human Animal: Personal Identity Without Psychology. New York, US: Oxford University Press. pp. 42-72 (1997)
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Most arguments for the Psychological Approach are based on the conviction that anyone who got your psychological features would be you. The possibility of fission proves this conviction false. Those who think that identity has no practical importance will find it even more difficult to argue for the Psychological Approach.Author's Profile
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