The aim of this chapter is to articulate the state of the art in the moral psychology of personal
identity. It begins by discussing the major philosophical theories of personal identity …

Here I defend the position that some singular terms for properties are rigid designators,
responding to Stephen P. Schwartz's interesting criticisms of that position. First, I argue that …

The aim of this chapter is to articulate the state of the art in the moral psychology of personal
identity. It begins by discussing the major philosophical theories of personal identity …

When people report that a person's identity has changed, what do they mean by this?
Recent research has often assumed that participants are indicating a change in numerical …

Studying personal identity, the continuity and sameness of persons across lifetimes, is
notoriously difficult and competing conceptualizations exist within philosophy and …

I propose that the notions of personhood and personal identity are most accurately
understood as merely negative hypotheses in the brains of us humans. Understanding the …

Experimental philosophy is now some twenty years old and has a large body of work to its
credit. Little of this work focusses directly on memory, but it has, as the philosophy of memory …

On September 13, 1848, Phineas Gage was directing a gang blasting rock on a new railroad
line in Vermont. Distracted for a moment by the workers behind him, he was unprepared …