Brain-state transitions, responsibility, and personal identity by Rainey, S, Dague, KO, Crisp, R

“…This article examines some of the science behind brain-state transitioning, before extending beyond current possibilities in order to explore philosophical and ethical questions about how transitions could be seen to impact on assessment of responsibility and personal identity. It concludes with some thoughts on how best to pursue this nascent approach while accounting for the philosophical and ethical issues. …”

Personal identity and the police occupation in South Africa by Faull, A

Learnable PINs: Cross-modal embeddings for person identity by Nagrani, A, Albanie, S, Zisserman, A

The harm principle, personal identity and identity-relative paternalism by Wilkinson, D

“…I analyse cases of treatment refusal by capacitous patients and describe different forms of paternalism arising from a reductionist view of personal identity. I outline an Identity Relative Paternalistic Intervention Principle for determining when we should disallow refusal of treatment where the harm will be accrued by a future self, and consider objections including vagueness and non-identity. …”

"The thing I am": Personal identity in Aquinas and Shakespeare by Finnis, J

How to determine which is the true theory of personal identity by Swinburne, R

Personal identity and the role of 'carer' among relatives and friends of people with multiple sclerosis. by Hughes, N, Locock, L, Ziebland, S

Withering minds – towards a unified embodied mind theory of personal identity for understanding dementia by Lyreskog, D

“…A prominent view on personal identity over time, Jeff McMahan’s ‘Embodied Mind Account’ (2002) holds that we cease to exist only once our brains can no longer sustain the basic capacity to uphold consciousness. …”

Reincarnation and personal identity in the lives of Tibetan masters: linking the revelations of three lamas of the Dudjom tradition by Cantwell, C

“…This paper explores Tibetan understandings of character, personal identity, and questions of authorship, when the life story and spiritual writings involve persons linked by a line of incarnation. …”

Subject and person by Spitz, R, Spitz, Roland

“…<p>The main aim of this thesis is to investigate the relations between the topics of self-reference and personal identity and to demonstrate that, and how, certain misconceived views concerning self-reference have influenced the interpretation of various 'thought-experiments' cited in recent discussions of personal identity.…”

The Moral Self and Moral Duties by Everett, J, Skorburg, JA, Savulescu, J

“…A long tradition in philosophy holds that psychological continuity and connectedness of memories are at the heart of personal identity. More recent experimental work, following Strohminger and Nichols (2014), has suggested that persistence of moral character, more than memories, is perceived as essential for personal identity. …”

Consciousness as a guide to personal persistence by Dainton, B, Bayne, T

“…Mentalistic (or Lockean) accounts of personal identity are normally formulated in terms of causal relations between psychological states such as beliefs, memories, and intentions. …”

Persons, populations, and value by Kowalczyk, K

“…<p>This thesis consists of six independent papers on personal identity, population ethics, and value theory. …”

Time and moral responsibility by Lam, G

“…The second part investigates how historical considerations bear on whether a person at some time is responsible for what a person at some previous time did, a field which is little explored because most, but not all, authors assume the criterion is personal identity. I argue that alternatives to the personal identity criterion, namely those invoking psychological connectedness, face serious complications.…”

The brave officer rides again by Mogensen, A

“…According to the Psychological Account of personal identity, personal identity across time is maintained by some form of psychological overlap or continuance. …”

Interdisciplinary workshop on “mental disorder and self over time” by Gold, N, Craigie, J, Gergel, T

“…<p>How is personal identity affected by changes in the self over the course of time? …”

Hume and the fiction of the self by Parrott, M

“…In the final section, I show how one of the horns of this dilemma is plausibly what troubles Hume in the famous <i>Appendix</i> passage where he retracts his positive account of personal identity.…”

Locked-in syndrome: a challenge to standard accounts of selfhood and personhood? by Zahavi, D

“…A point made repeatedly over the last few years is that the Locked-in Syndrome (LIS) offers unique real-life material for revisiting and challenging certain ingrained philosophical assumptions about the nature of personhood and personal identity. Indeed, the claim has been made that a closer study of LIS will call into question some of the traditional conceptions of personhood that primarily highlight the significance of consciousness, self-consciousness and autonomy and suggest the need for a more interpersonal account of the person. …”

Infinitesimals, nations, and persons: In memoriam D.A.P. 11 December 1942 − 1 January 2017 by Rumfitt, I

“…Derek Parfit contended that, in certain sci-fi scenarios, the Law does not hold for some statements of personal identity. He also claimed that it fails for the statement ‘England in 1065 was the same nation as England in 1067’. …”

Why I Want to be a Posthuman When I Grow Up by Bostrom, N

“…Then, this essay concerns three reasons one might have for doubting that it could be good for us to become posthuman: personal identity, specific commitments to people or projects, and ways of life. …”