Personal identity: History and concepts

Journal/Book: Curr Opin Psychiatry. 1995; 8: Old Malthouse, Paradise Street, Oxford, Oxon, England OX1 1LD. Rapid Science Publishers. 343-345.

Abstract: Personal identity is a philosophical and psychological concept of great complexity whose theoretical ambiguities add to the confusion surrounding the contested condition now entitled dissociative identity disorder. Although fundamental skepticism continues over questions of validity, recent research on this disorder has clarified risk factors and refined diagnostic measures.

Note: Article J Radden, Univ Massachusetts, Dept Philosophy, Boston, MA 02125 USA

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