Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 27 Feb 2009, at 01:57, Günther Greindl wrote: > >> Hi, >> >>> Personal identity and memory could be a useful fiction for living. >>> Here >>> I was alluding to possible deeper sense of the self, which makes me >>> conceive that indeed there is only one person playing a trick to >>> itself. >>> Like if our bodies where just disconnected windows giving to that >>> unique >>> person the ability to have a sort of stereoscopic view on reality. >> I think I agree with this view. At least, in mystic mode ;-) >> >>> Memories, like body and brain are things we possess, and this >>> means, I >>> think, that we can still survive without them. >>> >>> Suppose that I die tomorrow, and that sometimes after someone find a >>> backup of "me" at the age of five, so that "I" am reconstituted from >>> that backup. Would you say I am dead, or would you say that I have >>> survived, only with a severe sort of amnesy ? >> We should be careful here: the "mystic I" survives, but I don't think >> that that is what most people have in mind when they talk of personal >> identity/survival. Here, the concern is clearly continuity of memory. >> >> In normal discourse, the 5 year old Bruno is clearly not an amnesic >> survivor; the older Bruno (with his unique experiences) would be dead. > > I am that five years Bruno, but just older. If I am promised having a > different life, I could accept such a backup. It would be refreshing. > If I die through amnesia, I die all the time since infinity.
It was only *complete amnesia* that was equated with death. >Yet I am > still feeling to be here. Rossler is right, consciousness is a prison. Consciousness, or self-awareness? Brent > > Have a good day, > > Bruno > > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
