On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:45 AM, Kory Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > However, the materialist-mechanist still has some grounds to say that > there's something interestingly different about Lucky Kory than > Original Kory. It is a physical fact of the matter that Lucky Kory is > not causally connected to Pre-Teleportation Kory. When someone asks > Lucky Kory, "Why do you tie your shoes that way?", and Lucky Kory > says, "Because of something I learned when I was ten years old", Lucky > Kory's statement is quite literally false. Lucky Kory ties his shoes > that way because of some cosmic rays. I actually don't know what the > standard mechanist-materialist way of viewing this situation is. But > it does seem to suggest that maybe breaks in the causal chain > shouldn't affect consciousness after all. > This is very similar to an existing thought experiment in identity theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_man Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
