On 15 May 2014 16:24, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/14/2014 9:51 PM, Dennis Ochei wrote: > > But then the identity relationship is no longer transitive... > > Suppose a brave officer to have been flogged when a boy at school, for > robbing an orchard, to have taken a standard from the enemy in his first > campaign, and to have been made a general in advanced life: Suppose also, > which must be admitted to be possible, that when he took the standard, he > was conscious of his having been flogged at school, and that when made a > general he was conscious of his taking the standard, but had absolutely > lost the consciousness of his flogging. > These things being supposed, it follows, from Mr LOCKE’S doctrine, > that he who was flogged at school is the same person who took the standard, > and that he who took the standard is the same person who was made a > general. Whence it follows, if there be any truth in logic, that the > general is the same person with him who was flogged at school. But the > general’s consciousness does not reach so far back as his flogging, > therefore, according to Mr LOCKE’S doctrine, he is not the person who was > flogged. There- fore the general is, and at the same time is not the same > person with him who was flogged at a school. > > > Hence the common sense theory that person's are defined by bodily > continuity. >
It's only a common sense notion because we can't go around duplicating ourselves, meeting our duplicates, rewriting our memories and so on. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
