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Leibniz: Personal identity


What, if anything, does guarantee personal identity through time, according to Leibniz? Is his view immune to the arguments advanced by Parfit?


Readings

(Leibniz, 1990, Bk II, ch. 27)

(Parfit, 1984, §§75-78, 81-82, 88, 95)

(Mates, 1986, chs. VII-VIII)


Further readings

(Wiggins, 1980, ch. 6)

(Wilson, 1989, §§37-41)



Sandy Berkovski