On 03 Dec 2009, at 13:38, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > 2009/12/3 soulcatcher☠ <[email protected]>: >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected] >> > wrote: >>> If you were Elvis and Elvis were you, what difference would that >>> make >>> to anything? >> >> That would make a huge difference for me and Elvis - my (and his) >> subjective experiences would be very different. And, as these >> experiences are by definition "private and ineffable" (is it right?), >> that would make no difference for anything but me and Elvis. >> Sorry, maybe I just don't understand your question ... > > OK, let's leave Elvis out of it since he is dead. Suppose you and I > switch places. What would change? To find out, I'll just wave my hands > in a special magical way and - poof! - it's done. You now have my mind > and body, while I have your mind and body. So really it isn't the > original me writing this, it is the original you, who only thinks he > is the original me since he has my mind and body; and over there it > isn't the original you reading this, but the original me who only > thinks he is the original you. > > Do you see the problem in the above exchange? It assumes there is some > metaphysical "me" and "you" that can be conceptualised as flitting > about from one body and mind to another. But such a notion seems to me > absurd, meaningless, worse than wrong.
Apparently it did not work. I am "bruno marchal" now! Please swish again! :) > > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou > > -- > > 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 > . > > 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.
