Introduction . . 7 Chapter 1: In defence of mind-matter dualism . . 15 Chapter 2: Selfhood and consciousness . . 41 Chapter 3: The substantiality of mind . . 55 Chapter 4: Personal identity and the ontology of the self . . 67 Chapter 5: The self and its relation to time . . 105 Chapter 6: On the possibility of survival of an I-substance after physical death . . 123 Bibliography . . 147