First published in 1997, this volume addresses the issue of personal identity by examining the possibility that a person is ascribed identity on the basis of having a supervenient self.

1. Introduction. 2. A Brief Look at the Problem of Personal Identity. 3. Searching for the Proper Kind of Supervenience. 4. The Supervenient Self and its Relationship to Tropes. 5. Supervenience and Action. 6. The Self, Time, and the Community. 7. The Self and Narrative Identity. 8. Consciousness and the Self. 9. A Major Problem with Parfit. 10. Conclusion.