On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 5:31 AM Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote:
> *>>>I gave you the answer for year, but it asks for distinguishing the 1p >> and the 3p* >> > >> And that is absolutely positively 100% impossible because in a world >> where self duplication is common place there is no such thing as *THE* >> first person. > > > *>That is equivalent to saying that when we undergo a self-duplication, > and thus even just a brain transplant, we die.* > No, that would be equivalent to saying "there is no such thing as *A* first person", and saying such a thing would be absurd. I know for a fact that I am conscious therefore I know for a fact that* A* first person exists; I am almost certain that I am not the only conscious being in the universe therefore I am almost certain *THE* first person does not exist. > >>> For both copies, “the first person” is the one in the mirror they see >>> themselves in the city they feel to be in. >> >> > >> Then I guess you don't think the Helsinki man of yesterday survived >> because today there is nobody in Helsinki and the mirror there is blank. > > > > *> I don’t see how that follows. It would be like saying that John Clark > is dead right now in all places he is absent. * > You are absolutely correct, saying that would be exactly like saying John Clark is dead right now in all places he is absent; but then I'm not the one who said "*For both copies, “the first person” is the one in the mirror they see themselves in the city they feel to be in*". *> You are also predicting that if you look at the schroedinger cat, you > die.* > Somebody did indeed predict that but that somebody was certainly NOT John Clark, because John Clark was NOT the one who said "*the first person” is the one in the mirror they see themselves in the city they feel to be in*". > *> OK. But none get the feeling of his doppelgänger in any direct way. > They have become two persons, with distinct and unique first person > experience, and both are the H-man. Personal identity is not transitive. * > At last I agree with you about something! John K Clark -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv01igmSQ%3DfFHvbKhf0%3DnT69GFqH93axpefFmkHR6tCTLg%40mail.gmail.com.
