On 8 April 2015 at 03:41, John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 11:44 PM, Stathis Papaioannou <stath...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> >> you feel that you are the same person from day to day and year to >>> year, even if you know this is an illusion. >> >> >>> >>> >> How would things be different if this were not an illusion? >> >> >> > You are less the "same person" compared to your self from a year ago >> > than you are compared to a copy of you that might exist in the next room. > > > I have no argument with that, I think it's certainly true, but how is that > an illusion?
Versions of a person separated in space and time consider that they are the same person, but if things could be arranged so that they met each other they would not feel they are the same person at all. So I would say the whole idea of personal identity is illusory. The illusion can be maintained more easily if there is no duplication, but it's still an illusion. -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
