The ego as continuity of conscious functions

pp. 71-113

in: Ralph Ellis, An ontology of consciousness, Berlin, Springer, 1986

Abstract

I shall... speak of our having individuated a personality when, roughly, we have answered enough questions [pertaining to whether the different pieces are ‘part of the same thread’ of personality] for us to have picked out a certain personality from the pattern of manifestations. I shall not here examine the complexities involved in a proper formulation of these concepts.1