The Biological Approach

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Description: Abstract This chapter discusses what an animal or an organism is and what it takes for one to persist. Following Locke and van Inwagen, it is proposed that an animal persists as long as its biological life continues. The Biological Approach is then distinguished from the bodily criterion of personal identity.
Eric T. Olson
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