Locke — The same person as far as consciousness reaches
The question that opens it
If consciousness cannot reach a past action, is the present person the one who performed it?
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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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This account separates personal identity from the persistence of the same immaterial soul and has generated competing interpretations of consciousness and substance.
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Locke on Personal Identity
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Locator: §1 The Basics; §2 Locke on Persons: What’s Up for Debate
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