@article{Merricks2000-MERPAP-2,number = {1},volume = {61},journal = {Philosophy and Phenomenological Research},pages = {195--198},year = {2000},abstract = {If persons endure, personal identity cannot be analyzed in terms of psychological continuity. That is one conclusion defended in my ''Endurance, Psychological Continuity, and the Importance of Personal Identity' . Rea and Silver claim that my argument for that conclusion is sound only if a parallel argument is sound. The parallel argument concludes that if persons perdure, personal identity cannot be analyzed in terms of psychological continuity. In this paper, I show that Rea and Silver are mistaken. My argument is sound but the parallel argument is not},author = {Trenton Merricks},title = {Perdurance and Psychological Continuity}}@