Abstract

In settling the question whether The Hulk is the same person as Bruce Banner, we need to ask what grounds our personal identity in the first place. What makes it the case that you are the 'same person' today that you were 10 years ago? Physical, mental, and causal accounts of identity are shown to be lacking. In the end, continuity of personal identify must be found in the relationships one has with others--and how others view us. In this instance ontology actually does seem to depend on epistemology.