Philosophy

As people change, are they still the same person, or philosophically are they someone else?

Put another way, is personhood defined by space and time as well as matter?


Question inspired by my 4 y/o son who after 2 years apart, is convinced his old friend isn't his friend. He's someone else.

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When my youngest was 4 she told me “we live in a video game and sometimes who ever is playing (their) character can’t even do what they wanted to be able to do!“
—This has turned out to be so true for that child

👀But maybe his friend sold their account to someone else, so really his friend isn’t the same?