On 7/22/2019 9:42 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 11:55, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List
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On 7/22/2019 2:58 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
If the the brain scans showed the same correlations between
patterns of neuron activity and behavior (like speech or
problem solving) that would be evidence that it was the same
person.
Yes, but that won’t solve philosophical problems such as, “if it
looks like me and acts like me is it really me?”
I didn't realize that was a problem. I've heard of people who
don't recognize themself in a mirror. But if they ask "Is it
really me." the "it" tells me it's not really them. If it were
really them, they'd ask, "Am I really me." to which the answer
would be "Yes."
People wonder if a copy that is arbitrarily close to them would really
be them.
Not people. Only philosophers. If you saw a copy of yourself, could
you plausibly ask yourself, "Is that really me?"
Brent
This is one of the classic problems of personal identity.
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