On 9/09/2015 4:57 pm, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
On 9 September 2015 at 16:46, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Not at all. In everyday life there is a continuity of body as well
as of thought and memory. Plus the all important fact that the
continuer is unique. Immediately you introduce a non-uniqueness
into the continuer(s), you destroy the conditions for continued
personal identity.
The other way to look at it is that there is no continuity of body,
thought and memory in everyday life because you are continually dying
and being replaced with a copy who believes he is you. It is no less
legitimate than saying the copy isn't you.
That is an absurd proposition. Your complete body is not replaced from
moment to moment: you lose some cells, and they are replaced in an
orderly manner and you do not die in this process. There is clear bodily
continuity.
That aside, however, the essential difference with the copying scenarios
is that the uniqueness of the continuer is generally lost. Uniqueness is
essential for any sensible understanding of personal identity.
Bruce
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