# On some mental representations of personal identity

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The post uses a misspelled name to examine how names and other social markers contribute to mental representations of personal identity.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 23 November 2005

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 23 November 2005
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: identity, naming, cognition, culture.

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