< >The philosophical question of the identity of a person has not been posed precisely enough. Contrary to the term’s use in everyday life, and even within philosophy, the identity of a person is not a unified phenomenon. Rather, the identity of a person has to be analysed in terms of the following questions:- What determines the entity of a person?
- What has to happen so that a person from yesterday is‘identical’ to the person of today?
- What do we regard as identity in the sense of self-understanding and self-awareness?
T is book shows how in our everyday understanding the two‘identities’ of human persons– ersistence andpersonality– intertwine. br />
< >Michael Quante, Universität zu Köln. |
