We still don't know what makes someone the same person over time despite constant physical and psychological change.
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From childhood to old age, nearly everything about a person changes, yet we treat them as a single continuous identity, and no philosophical account of why has settled the matter. This affects questions about responsibility for past actions.
Citation ID: WS01070
Title: We still don't know what makes someone the same person over time despite constant physical and psychological change.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=1070