Paul Snowdon on Persons and Animals

What am I? This is the fundamental question that Paul Snowdon addresses in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. John Locke thought that continuity of memory was the basic criterion for determining whether or not we are dealing with the same person over time. Paul Snowdon, in contrast,  argues that we should see ourselves as primarily human animals.

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Comments

[Sam]

I liked this one, very bizarre and compelling. I agreed with the problem of the body and temporal change (challenging the notion of a person). But doesn't animal = body, and human = mind. It seemed to be another way of approaching the mind/body problem...no?