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Authors’ Abstract

1. In this paper we shall argue for the view that personal identity over time is constituted by continuity of phenomenology. Following recent terminology, we call this view the phenomenal account of personal persistence.
2. In Section 2, we bring to the fore its main advantages and disadvantages.
3. Section 3 will focus on a thought experiment¹ involving identity over time in a time travel scenario, and
4. In Section 4 we argue that the phenomenal account, unlike other mentalistic approaches, has the resources to cope with the thought experiment², thereby offering an indirect argument in support of this view.
5. Finally, in Section 5 we will deal with objections and replies.