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INTRODUCTION  The problem of memory is an epistemological problem and has remained a perennial problem from time immemorial. Consequently, philosophers have struggled for centuries to make conceptual clarification between memory and personal identity without success. However, according to John Locke, one’s personal identity extends only so far as their own consciousness, so long as one is the same self, the same rational being. Hence, he maintains that one has the same personal identity. Thus given this assertion, it implies that any change in one’s personal identity, automatically implies that the self has changed. As a result, the bond between consciousness and memory in Lockean’s personal argument has awaken us from our dogmatic slumber. Therefore, it is in this light that we intend to make detailed analysis with a view to pointing out the pitfalls of the Lockean notion of personal argument.1 John Locke in  his book titled “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding”(1999) edited by J