Philosophy › Section F · Metaphysics › Topic F.2
Identity and the self in religious traditions
Much of the matter in your body has been replaced over the past ten years, yet you call yourself the same person. What makes that true? Religious traditions have given some of the deepest answers, from an immortal soul to the Buddhist claim that there is no lasting self at all.
In this topic
- Same person, new parts
- The ship of Theseus
- Worked example: two ships, one name
- The soul as the lasting self
- Aquinas: the soul as form of the body
- Hindu views: ātman and brahman
- Buddhism: no self
- The five aggregates and the chariot
- Worked example: rebirth without a soul
- Other views: bundles and relations
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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