On 9 June 2012 11:17, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote: > Such a backtracking (proposed once by Saibal Mitra on this list) can also be > used to defend the idea that there is only one person, and that personal > identity is a relative "illusory" notion. We might be a "God" playing a > trick to himself, notably by becoming amnesic on who and what he is.
We seem to agree on this, at least some of the time! If we entertain such notions, the question then presents itself - assuming one doesn't accept, with Hoyle, that this similarly entails "only one" multiplexed stream of consciousness - how "only one person" can be conceived as being the subject of every experience "simultaneously"? David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.