Note that the question why am I me and not my brother is strictly
equivalent with why am I the one in Washington and not the one in
Moscow after a WM duplication. It is strictly unanswerable. Even a God
could not give an adequate explanation (assuming c.).
Bruno
Le 16-juin-05, à 23:02, Quentin Anciaux a écrit :
Le Jeudi 16 Juin 2005 10:02, Jonathan Colvin a écrit :
Switch the question. Why aren't you me (Jonathan Colvin)? I'm
conscious
(feels like I am, anyway).
Hi Jonathan,
I think you do not see the real question, which can be formulated
(using your
analogy) by :
Why (me as) Russell Standish is Russell Standish rather Jonathan
Colvin ? I
(as RS) could have been you (JC)... but it's a fact that I'm not, but
the
question is why I'm not, why am I me rather than you ? What "force"
decide
for me to be me ? :)
Quentin
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
