PHIL 136A — Personal Identity

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Prerequisite: PHIL 1a, PHIL 35a, PHIL 37a or PHIL 66b.

An examination of some major issues involved in the question of personal identity. What am I? What are the conditions of self-identity? How does the identity of the self relate to the identity of a physical object? Is identity an illusion? Usually offered every second year.
Eli Hirsch or Robert Greenberg