Given That Parfit Is Aiming to Give a Reductionist Account

question 263

Multiple Choice

Given that Parfit is aiming to give a reductionist account of personal identity, what special burden does he face?

• A) He must show that none of the psychological connections that constitute psychological continuity presuppose the notion of personal identity
• B) He must really clearly explain what personal identity is
• C) He must draw connections between our notion of personal identity and other concepts
• D) He must explain what personal identity is only by referring to our mental states

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