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The Constitution of Selves
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This book explains personal identity in a way that makes sense of everyday experience.

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Tyler
Dec 05, 2009 rated it liked it
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What does it mean for somebody to possess identity? The failure of modern philosophy to answer this has lead to theories of consciousness that neither resemble nor account for the observed experience of being human. In this book Marya Schechtman traces the source of the failure and gives readers a picture of personal identity that fits with what we actually observe.

The book has two parts: In the first part, called Reidentification, she discusses older explanations of consciousness, starting with
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Chris
Mar 22, 2013 marked it as to-read