Ideas from 'Personal Identity' by Derek Parfit [1971], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Personal Identity' (ed/tr Perry,John) [University of California 1975,0-520-02960-7]].

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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 5. Self as Associations

3539	Personal identity is just causally related mental states [Maslin]

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity

1393	One of my future selves will not necessarily be me

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 4. Split Consciousness

1392	If we split like amoeba, we would be two people, neither of them being us

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 5. Concerns of the Self

1391	Concern for our own lives isn't the source of belief in identity, it is the result of it