The criteria of personal identity in Anglo-American philosophy

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https://doi.org/10.31812/apd.v18i1.22

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animalism, personal identity, neo-Lockeanism, psychological criterion, reductionism, physical criterion

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the problem of criteria of personal identity. The author considers two traditional criteria — psychological and physical, and variations thereof. The main conceptions of the mentioned problem in modern Anglo-American philosophy are characterized.

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Author Biography

Olena Olifer, Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University

аспiрантка кафедри фiлософiї Криворiзького державного педагогiчного унiверситету, м. Кривий Рiг.

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Published

2017-11-09

How to Cite

Olifer, O. (2017). The criteria of personal identity in Anglo-American philosophy. Actual Problems of Mind, (18), 129–147. https://doi.org/10.31812/apd.v18i1.22

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TOPICAL ISSUES IN THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY