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| Define Psychological Self |
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| Self that consists of memories and personality traits. |
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Bernard Williams: Case 1
Person A and Person B are going to switch bodies, one person is going to get money, the other tortured. The scientist makes the final choice on who gets what: |
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1.)Person A chooses the B-body person to get the money.
2.)Person B chooses the A-body person to get money.
3.)Scientist Chooses A-body person to get money
4.)Person B is satisfied, while Person A is not. |
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Bernard Williams: Case 2
Person A and Person B are going to switch bodies, one person is going to get money, the other tortured. The scientist makes the final choice on who gets what: |
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1.)Person A chooses the A-body person to get the money.
2.)Person B chooses the B-body person to get money.
3.)Scientist Chooses A-body person to get money
4.)Person B is satisfied, while Person A is not. |
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Bernard Williams: Case 3
Person A and Person B are going to switch bodies, one person is going to get money, the other tortured. The scientist makes the final choice on who gets what: |
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Definition
1.)Person A chooses the B-body person to get the money.
2.)Person B chooses the B-body person to get money.
3.)Scientist Chooses B-body person to get money
4.)Person A is satisfied, while Person B is not. |
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Bernard Williams: Case 4
Person A and Person B are going to switch bodies. |
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Definition
1.)Person A and Person B both want to swap bodies.
2.)They Swap bodies.
3.)They are Satisfied. |
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Bernard Williams: Case 5
Person A and Person B are going to switch bodies but want to swap minds. |
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Definition
1.)Person A and Person B Want to Swap Minds
2.)They Swap Bodies
3.)They aren't satisfied because they didn't get the personality and memories of the other body, they didn't get the other mind.
4.)They did not swap minds. |
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Definition
1.)Person A is informed by the doctor that they are going to get tortured tomorrow.
2.)Person A is going to loose all of their memories and their personality, and they are going gain the personality of Person B's personality and memories.
3.)So when Person A's body is tortured, their mind will be that of Person B's personality and memories.
4.)After the torture all of Person B's personality and Memories will be wiped, Person A's body will not feel any after-effects of the torture, and Person A's memory and personality will be restored to the body of Person A. |
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Term
| If you switch bodies then you are your ____, and your _____ is placed in another body |
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| If you switch minds you are saying that you are your ____, and if new mental information is placed in your mind which makes you believe you have a different identity |
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| Define Psychological Continuity Theory |
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Definition
Person A at time t1
and Person B at time t2
are The Same Person
Just When
Person B inherits psychological states from
Person A |
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| List Elements of Psychological States |
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| Psychological Continuity Theory is Also Called... |
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| Define Bodily Continuity Theory (Perry/Weirob) |
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Definition
Person A at time t1
and Person B at time t2
are The Same Person
Just When
Person B inherits the body from
Person A |
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Term
| Describe The Issue of Perry's Dialogue |
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Definition
| Is Personal Survival of Death Possible? |
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Term
| List the Characters of Perry's Dialogue |
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Definition
1.) Weirob
2.) Miller
3.) Cohen |
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| Describe Weirob From Perry's Dialogue |
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Term
| List Different Kinds of Identity |
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Definition
1.) Qualitative Identity
2.) Numerical Identity |
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| Define Qualitative Identity |
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Definition
1.) Person A and Person B Have the Same Qualities
2.) Person A and Person B Are Not the Same Person |
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| Define Numerical Identity |
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Definition
1.) Person A1 and Person A2 are qualitatively identical
2.) Person A1 and Person A2 are multiple separate entities with the same qualities. |
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Term
| Box of Chocolates Soul Argument (Perry) |
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Definition
1.) Swirls on the top of chocolate can indicate that there is a caramel filling
2.)This can be tested by biting into a piece of chocolate with a swirl and tasting the caramel
3.)While there is a way to identify that there is caramel in a piece of chocolate with a swirl (by biting into it), but there is no way to identify that a soul is inside of a body. |
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| Define The Soul Theory (Perry) |
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Definition
A person is identical to a soul.
To determine if someone is the same person, you must determine if they have the same soul. |
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Term
| Define the Argument Against Soul Theory?(Perry/Weirob) |
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Definition
1.) If soul theory is true, then there's no way to justify our beliefs about personal identity.
2.) We do have justified beliefs about Personal Identity
3.) The Soul Theory is Not True |
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| Define Argument Against Bodily Continuity Theory (Perry/Miller) |
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Definition
1. Bodily Continuity Theory States we can not make judgments about personal identity without making judgments about the body
2. We can make judgments about personal identity without making judgments about the body.
3.) The Bodily Continuity Theory is False |
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Term
| Define DNA Theory (Appiah) |
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Definition
| 1.) Person B is Identical To Person A if Person B inherited the specific DNA structure of Person B |
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Term
| Define Theories of Metaphysical Identity (Appiah) |
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Definition
| They are about answering the question of what makes an individual in a possible world numerically identical to an individual in a different possible world. |
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| Define Practical/Ethical Identity (Appiah) |
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Definition
| What is central to who one is, and what is centrally implicated in the construction of life plans |
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Term
| The title of Appiah's paper is... |
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| "But Would That Still Be Me?" |
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Term
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Definition
| Gender is biological but it is accepted that people can identify as a gender that is against their biology, but race is a cultural construct that is essentially made up, but it is not accepted by people that someone can change their racial identity. |
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