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Physical Continuity Theory

Physical Continuity Theory is a philosophical account of personal identity that holds the persistence of a person over time to consist in the continuous existence of their physical body or bodily components, distinguishing it from psychological or purely relational theories of identity.

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23

Authors

14

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2017–2026

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Publications

10

Identity, Consciousness, and Value.

Robert C. Coburn, Peter Unger · The Philosophical Review · 1993 · 124 citations

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The role of physical and conceptual properties in preserving object continuity.

Robert D. Gordon, David E. Irwin · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition · 2000 · 123 citations

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The “Calculatores” in Early Sixteenth-century Physics

William A. Wallace · The British Journal for the History of Science · 1969 · 67 citations

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The role of physical and conceptual properties in preserving object continuity.

Robert D. Gordon, David E. Irwin · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition · 2000 · 57 citations

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Persistence and the First-Person Perspective

Dilip Ninan · The Philosophical Review · 2009 · 42 citations · Full text

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Authors

23

  1. DE
    David E. Irwin

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 180 citations

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  2. RD
    Robert D. Gordon

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    2 publications · 180 citations

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  3. YA
    Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz

    Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  4. ID
    Itzhack Dana

    Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. SD
    Si‐Bo Duan

    Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, China

    1 publications · 41 citations

    1

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Institutions

14

  1. Centre de Physique Théorique

    Marseille, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  2. Guilin University of Technology

    Guilin, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    82 citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    123 citations

  5. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    82 citations

  6. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  7. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    164 citations

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Venues

  1. The Philosophical Review

    2 publications · 166 citations

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  3. Iranian Rehabilitation Journal

    IRJ · 1 publications · 20 citations

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  4. Journal of Consciousness Studies

    1 publications · 16 citations

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