Philosophical perspectives about personal identity 3 Articles

by Stephen Carter

I will explore here Plato's understanding of identity, employing one of the narrative works of a modern Platonist, D. H. Lawrence. Along the way I will also draw a contrast to Aristotle, whose theory has interesting points...read more

by Ian Campbell

How do you define yourself? Are you the clothes you wear or the car you drive? Is your worth measured in action or inaction? The harsh reality is that we are no more the clothes we wear than they are us. We all arrive scre...read more

by Emma Hasenstaub

Locke and Identity: Consciousness is the Key In John Locke's "Essay Concerning Human Understanding," the section entitled 'Of Identity and Diversity,' is a discourse on the issue of identity, and specifically personal i...read more