Thanks, Stathis, for your words not too distant from where I stand. As I wrote to Bruno, I assign my present memory to my present viewing technology, not to 'my' 5-year old as you refer to. You mention "sense of identity" - I think it is more than just a 'sense': it is a reflective relation of the individual mental processes to the wider relations of its environment (more than ambience) so the impact is fundamental, controlling more than just a 'sense'. Furthermore: I think we 'work up' our sensorial input into 'meaning' - even control (suppress?) them, while the 'identity' (or personality) is pervading - even (controling) - our mentality. This is my lay opinion and I am still speculating on it, not ready to defend. Replies appreciated.
John M --- Stathis Papaioannou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We can't be sure that our memories are accurate. This puts us in a similar position when we consider our own past as when we consider someone else's past: we think that we know what it was like to be five years old, but our brains may have changed so much in the intervening years that this recollection may be little more vivid or accurate than if we were imagining what someone else's childhood was like after reading a book about it. There is no reason why every other mental quality, including the sense of identity, might not also change greatly over decades, with the only reason we think we remain the same person being that this change is gradual. Stathis Papaioannou > > John Mikes writes (quoting Brent Meeker): > > > > Well that's the question isn't it. Is there > > > something besides memories and personality that > > > makes you you... > > - truncated - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
