Time and the self: A re-examination of Hume's account of personal identity.

According to Hume, all true ideas must have distinct preceding impressions. Since there is no distinct impression of the self, Hume states the self is merely a succession of perceptions. Similarly, Hume states that time, as the idea of succession, does not derive from a distinct impression, but is s...

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Main Author: Miller, Jonathan Charles.
Other Authors: Raynor, David
Format: Others
Published: University of Ottawa (Canada) 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6118
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-11105