On 9 September 2015 at 17:06, Bruce Kellett <bhkell...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> On 9/09/2015 4:57 pm, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On 9 September 2015 at 16:46, Bruce Kellett < <bhkell...@optusnet.com.au> > bhkell...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > Not at all. In everyday life there is a continuity of body as well as of >> thought and memory. Plus the all important fact that the continuer is >> unique. Immediately you introduce a non-uniqueness into the continuer(s), >> you destroy the conditions for continued personal identity. >> > > The other way to look at it is that there is no continuity of body, > thought and memory in everyday life because you are continually dying and > being replaced with a copy who believes he is you. It is no less legitimate > than saying the copy isn't you. > > That is an absurd proposition. Your complete body is not replaced from > moment to moment: you lose some cells, and they are replaced in an orderly > manner and you do not die in this process. There is clear bodily continuity. > On what basis have you decided that you have survived, even though all the matter in your body may have been replaced? Probably because people claim to be the same person that they were previously and there is no-one to dispute it. The same would happen with destructive duplication, despite discontinuity, and also with duplication where the duplicates could never meet. But not having a fight with your duplicate over your possessions would seem better suited to a legal rather than a philosophical definition of personal identity. > That aside, however, the essential difference with the copying scenarios > is that the uniqueness of the continuer is generally lost. Uniqueness is > essential for any sensible understanding of personal identity. > I would still insist I was me if I were duplicated, and I'm sure you would too. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
