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Week 5 Test Quest4
Q How does John Locke answer the criticism that people forget? What do you make of his distinction between the same person and the same man? Is the distinction useful in defending his approach to personal identity?
The psychological approach to personal identity harps on the notion of memories as a defining criterion for making sense of who I am. The approach rests on the assumption that no two individuals have the same memory and the experience of each individual which is a consequence of a conglomeration of factors is unique to him. This is significant because the ability to recall the experiences of a particular person accords a certainty to the fact that, that person is me. If this be not true, then it means that I am recalling someone else’s memory which is quite absurd. The approach was quite helpful in addressing the issues of personal identity,