Narrative identity and the problem of duplication

Authors

  • Maria A. Sekatskaya Saint-Petersburg State University (Russia)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21146/2072-0726-2018-11-3-176-179

Keywords:

personal identity, physical criterion of identity, narrative approach, Bernard Williams

Abstract

The possibility of the physical duplication of a person is one of the most substantial challenges for psychological theories of personal identity, because such duplicates can have identical psychological properties, while being numerically distinct. This is a challenge for the narrative theories of personal identity as well, which, unlike the psychological theories, seem to be incapable of providing an answer to it by invoking the causal connection between the episodes of the narrative.

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Published

2018-08-09

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2018)

Section

ACADEMIC DISCUSSIONS

How to Cite

[1]
2018. Narrative identity and the problem of duplication. Filosofskii zhurnal | Philosophy Journal. 11, 3 (Aug. 2018), 176–179. DOI:https://doi.org/10.21146/2072-0726-2018-11-3-176-179.