Menčik, DavidThis paper intends to discuss some aspects of what we conceive as personal identity: what it consists in, as well as its alleged fragility. First I will try to justify the methodology used in this paper, that is, the use of allegories in ontological debates, especialy in the form of thought experiments and science fiction movies. Then I will introduce an original thought experiment I call “Who am I actually?,” one that was coined with the intent to shed light on several aspects of the issue under examination, that is, the fragility of personal identity. Then I will move on to Christopher Nolan’s film The Prestige, as well as to Derek Parfit’s ‘divided minds’ thought experiment, to further discuss the fragility of personal identity; next to identity theft, the prospect of duplication is also intriguing, especially with regard to the psychological impact this might have on both the prototype and the duplicate. I will conclude with the view that spatial and temporal proximity or coexistence, especially when paired with awareness on behalf of the duplicates, would expectedly result in the infringement of the psychological continuity of one’s identity.application/pdfhttps://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/Conatus/article/view/22283engThe NKUA Applied Philosophy Research LaboratoryCopyright (c) 2020 David Menčikhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0Conatus-Περιοδικό Φιλοσοφίας2459-38422653-9373Conatus - Περιοδικό Φιλοσοφίας; Τόμ. 5 Αρ. 1 (2020): Conatus - Journal of Philosophy; 71-83Conatus - Journal of Philosophy; Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): Conatus - Journal of Philosophy; 71-83psychological identityThe Prestigespatial and temporal coexistencephysical identityphilosophy and fictionsocial identitydivided mindsIdentity Theft: A Thought Experiment on the Fragility of Identityinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion2020-09-19Δημοσίευση σε περιοδικόPublication in journalΦιλοσοφίαPhilosophyisi - Philosophy covers resources on every branch of philosophy including logic, metaphysics, epistemology, descriptive ethics, and metaphilosophy.Επιστημονικό άρθροScientific articleΕργαστήριο Εφαρμοσμένης ΦιλοσοφίαςGreek Aggregator OpenArchives.gr | National Documentation Centre (EKT)