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Who am I when I don't know who I am? The problem of personal identity in infants and elderly with cognitive disabilities Alonso Fernández, Marcos 17 Bioethics Narrative identity Personal identity Psychology Ethics Bioética (Filosofía) Ética 71 Ética 72 Filosofía 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. Fundació Víctor Grifols i Lucas Depto. de Salud Pública y Materno - Infantil Fac. de Medicina TRUE pub 2024-06-19T08:38:05Z 2024-06-19T08:38:05Z 2023 journal article VoR https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105075 XXXX-XXXX eng info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/VGLF//Project "Care and personal identity. The importance of attention to personal identity in care" (2023). 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 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access application/pdf