One theory of personal identity is known as the body theory. This is defined as a person X has a personal identity if and only if they have the same body Y. However there are two problems with this definition. The first is qualitative. It is necessary to have the same body, but if that body is changed, is one the same person? Someone’s body is surely different at age 40 than at age 4. Also …showed first 75 words of 417 total…

…showed last 75 words of 417 total…reincarnation after death. This is when a soul enters another body. With this in mind, someone’s soul such as Elvis could become reincarnated in someone else named John. However, we would not say that this Elvis and John are the same person. Although many Elvis fans would probably beg to differ. Therefore, the de! finition of the soul theory fails in that the defines does not become sufficient for defining personal identity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**