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Ep. 261: Derek Parfit on Personal Identity (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Importance of Memory in Identity

I fear that the notion of continuity of memory is ultimately gonna collapse into continuity of experience. If enough of the brain is present, then you can say that it's the same person or whatever. And I do think that there's a little short shrift to the body and it's actually one of the issues I have with this particular aspect of the book.

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