Locke on personal identity: consciousness and concernment 9781400840229, 1400840228, 978-0-691-14757-4

John Locke's theory of personal identity underlies all modern discussion of the nature of persons and selves--yet i

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Locke on personal identity: consciousness and concernment
 9781400840229, 1400840228, 978-0-691-14757-4

Table of contents :
Content: Cover
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 "Person"
Chapter 3 "Person ... is a forensic term"
Chapter 4 Concernment
Chapter 5 Consciousness
Chapter 6 "Consciousness ... is inseparable from thinking"
Chapter 7 "From the inside"
Chapter 8 "Person"-Locke's Definition
Chapter 9 Consciousness Is Not Memory
Chapter 10 Personal Identity
Chapter 11 Psychological Connectedness
Chapter 12 Transition (Butler Dismissed)
Chapter 13 "But next ... ": Personal Identity without Substantial Continuity. Chapter 14 "And therefore ... ": [I]-transfers, [Ag]-transfers, [P]-transfersChapter 15 "A fatal error of theirs"
Chapter 16 A Fatal Error of Locke's?
Chapter 17 Circularity?
Chapter 18 The Distinction between [P] and [S]
Chapter 19 Concernment and Repentance
Chapter 20 Conclusion
Postface
Appendix 1 "Of Identity and Diversity"
Appendix 2 A Defence of Mr. Locke's Opinion Concerning Personal Identity
References
Index.

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