ABSTRACT
The aim of these concluding remarks is to comment briefly upon the framework in which the book’s arguments are developed. I begin by revisiting the main methodological issues introduced in Chapter 1 in an effort to clarify the motivation for the book’s focus on ontology and identity analysis. My goal in this regard is also to make a case for the approach adopted here in the hope that it will add credibility to the book’s arguments and conclusions. I also provide an overview of the historical methodology associated with the accounts given in Chapters 2 and 6 of the two main traditions of thinking about the individual, both in order to put these accounts in better perspective, and perhaps to be clearer about what those accounts were meant to achieve. Finally, I close with a summary discussion of what I believe to be the central conclusions of this book.
