Abstract

Psychological approaches to personal identity emphasize relations of 'psychological connectedness' and 'continuity' between mental events as the essence of a person. The key relation has often been abbreviated as 'Relation R'. Russell (1918) first used it, and David Lewis (1976) revived its use. Many recent discussions of the plausibility of this type of theory, and its impact on views about rationality and morality, have centred on Derek Parfit's work. In this paper I will show that Parfit in his 1976 and 1984 uses the abbreviating phrase 'Relation R' in three distinct ways:

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