" A person has a body ". " A person is a body ". Which of these statements more accurately expresses the truth about personal identity?
When considering the content of the question there are two questions which must be considered before an adequate conclusion can be found; what really and fundamentally identifies and distinguishes persons at a single time and what enables us to reidentify them over time? The second question of course deals with how people change physically and mentally over a certain period of time, including survival after physical death. …
