Who am I when I don't know who I am? The problem of personal identity in infants and elderly with cognitive disabilities

This article addresses the problem of whether we can speak of personal identity in cases of infants or elderly with cognitive disabilities as hydrocephaly or dementia, lives that could be considered borderline in terms of personal identity because they lack certain characteristics normally considere...

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Autor: Alonso Fernández, Marcos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Bioethics
Narrative identity
Personal identity
Psychology
Ethics
Bioética (Filosofía)
Ética
71 Ética
72 Filosofía
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Who am I when I don't know who I am? The problem of personal identity in infants and elderly with cognitive disabilities
title Who am I when I don't know who I am? The problem of personal identity in infants and elderly with cognitive disabilities
spellingShingle Who am I when I don't know who I am? The problem of personal identity in infants and elderly with cognitive disabilities
Alonso Fernández, Marcos
17
Bioethics
Narrative identity
Personal identity
Psychology
Ethics
Bioética (Filosofía)
Ética
71 Ética
72 Filosofía
title_short Who am I when I don't know who I am? The problem of personal identity in infants and elderly with cognitive disabilities
title_full Who am I when I don't know who I am? The problem of personal identity in infants and elderly with cognitive disabilities
title_fullStr Who am I when I don't know who I am? The problem of personal identity in infants and elderly with cognitive disabilities
title_full_unstemmed Who am I when I don't know who I am? The problem of personal identity in infants and elderly with cognitive disabilities
title_sort Who am I when I don't know who I am? The problem of personal identity in infants and elderly with cognitive disabilities
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alonso Fernández, Marcos
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 17
Bioethics
Narrative identity
Personal identity
Psychology
Ethics
Bioética (Filosofía)
Ética
71 Ética
72 Filosofía
topic 17
Bioethics
Narrative identity
Personal identity
Psychology
Ethics
Bioética (Filosofía)
Ética
71 Ética
72 Filosofía
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