Personal Identity: Crash Course Philosophy #19

Today, Hank builds on last week's exploration of identity to focus on personal identity. Does it reside in your body? Is it in the collective memories of your consciousness? There are of course strengths and weaknesses in both ideas, and that's what we're talking about today.

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