Hume's Theory of the Self and its Identity
Dialogue, vol. 13, no. 2, 1974, pp. 239–254
Abstract
It is a widely held view among philosophers that Hume’s doctrine of personal identity is seriously mistaken, that he makes claims about the existence and nature of personal identity that are clearly false. The strongest statement of this view is to be found in Terence Penelhum’s “Hume on Personal Identity.” According to Penelhum:
