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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Bioética (Medicina)
61 Psicología
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spelling Who am I when I don't know who I am? The problem of personal identity in infants and elderly with cognitive disabilitiesAlonso Fernández, Marcos159.917:61BioethicsEthicsNarrative identityPersonal identityPsychologyPsicología (Psicología)Bioética (Medicina)61 PsicologíaThis 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 considered indispensable for personal life. Taking as a reference recent discussions on personal identity, particularly the narrative theories of Hilde Lindemann, Françoise Baylis and Marya Schechtman, the article analyses in what sense, under what assumptions, and in what way such a thing could be defended. Finally, some problems and objections to these approaches are considered.WileyUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20232023-10-1320232023-10-13journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103296reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1032962026-06-02T12:44:21Z
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
159.9
17:61
Bioethics
Ethics
Narrative identity
Personal identity
Psychology
Psicología (Psicología)
Bioética (Medicina)
61 Psicología
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
author Alonso Fernández, Marcos
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 159.9
17:61
Bioethics
Ethics
Narrative identity
Personal identity
Psychology
Psicología (Psicología)
Bioética (Medicina)
61 Psicología
topic 159.9
17:61
Bioethics
Ethics
Narrative identity
Personal identity
Psychology
Psicología (Psicología)
Bioética (Medicina)
61 Psicología
description 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 considered indispensable for personal life. Taking as a reference recent discussions on personal identity, particularly the narrative theories of Hilde Lindemann, Françoise Baylis and Marya Schechtman, the article analyses in what sense, under what assumptions, and in what way such a thing could be defended. Finally, some problems and objections to these approaches are considered.
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