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#741 Marya Schechtman: The Philosophy of the Self and Personal Identity

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Is the Self the Same as Personal Identity?

Is the self the same as personal identity and if not what's the relationship there yeah so again depends who you ask. John Locke who really sort of sets the tone for a lot of philosophical discussion of self but particularly of personal identity that continues to this day he sees self and person as the same entity. Some philosophers say look being a self is just being an experiencing subject we're experiencing just being able to have experience being the kind of thing.

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