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| Title |
Sameness and the self: philosophical and psychological considerations
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00029 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Stanley B. Klein |
| Abstract |
In this paper I examine the concept of cross-temporal personal identity (diachronicity). This particular form of identity has vexed theorists for centuries-e.g., how can a person maintain a belief in the sameness of self over time in the face of continual psychological and physical change? I first discuss various forms of the sameness relation and the criteria that justify their application. I then examine philosophical and psychological treatments of personal diachronicity (for example, Locke's psychological connectedness theory; the role of episodic memory) and find each lacking on logical grounds, empirical grounds or both. I conclude that to achieve a successful resolution of the issue of the self as a temporal continuant we need to draw a sharp distinction between the feeling of the sameness of one's self and the evidence marshaled in support of that feeling. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 26 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 19% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 13 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 19 | 73% |
| Scientists | 5 | 19% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 74 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Ireland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 69 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 15 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 9% |
| Professor | 6 | 8% |
| Researcher | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 14 | 19% |
| Unknown | 15 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 24 | 32% |
| Philosophy | 10 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 7% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 9 | 12% |
| Unknown | 16 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 February 2019.
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#2,962
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