RT Journal Article
T1 Who am I when I don't know who I am? The problem of personal identity in infants and elderly with cognitive disabilities
A1 Alonso Fernández, Marcos
AB 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.
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105075
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105075
LA eng
NO Alonso, M. (2024). Who am I when I don't know who I am? The problem of personal identity in infants and elderly with cognitive disabilities. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 54(1), 22–35. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12397
NO Fundació Víctor Grifols i Lucas 
DS Docta Complutense
RD 14 dic 2025