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Perspective voyage · 1694

Locke — The same person as far as consciousness reaches

If consciousness cannot reach a past action, is the present person the one who performed it?

The question that moves this idea

What makes a mind and a self persist?

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Scene 1 / 2Evidence-linked account

Locke connects personal identity to the extent that consciousness reaches backward to past actions or thoughts.

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  • Locke on Personal Identity

    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Locator: §1 Locke on Persons and Personal Identity; Essay II.xxvii.9

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1694 CE · 1694

The second edition of the Essay adds the chapter on identity and diversity.

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Enter the judgment scene

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Open the person’s full voyage

Restore the period, works, and places behind the single claim.

Open the person’s full voyage

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