Re: A calculus of personal identity

2006-06-28 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
John Mikes writes (quoting Brent Meeker): Well that's the question isn't it. Is there something besides memories and personality that makes you you... But how much do we (already???) know about our memories which for sure is a concoction with our personality, of which we just as

Re: A calculus of personal identity

2006-06-28 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
Bruno, I have cut out some of your detailed response to my post where I think we basically agree. There remain some differences, and some failings on my part to understand more technical aspects of your work. Memories of our past are generally more vivid and hold more information than

Re: Only Existence is necessary?

2006-06-28 Thread Tom Caylor
Lee Corbin wrote: Stephen writes it seems that we have skipped past the question that I am trying to pose: Where does distinguishability and individuation follow from the mere existence of Platonic Forms, if process is merely a relation between Forms (as Bruno et al claim)?! In

Re: A calculus of personal identity

2006-06-28 Thread Brent Meeker
Stathis Papaioannou wrote: Bruno, I have cut out some of your detailed response to my post where I think we basically agree. There remain some differences, and some failings on my part to understand more technical aspects of your work. Memories of our past are generally more vivid

RE: A calculus of personal identity

2006-06-28 Thread Hal Finney
Lee Corbin writes: Stathis writes Hal Finney in his recent thread on teleportation thought experiments disagrees with the above view. He suggests that it is possible for a subject to apparently undergo successful teleportation, in that the individual walking out of the receiving

Re: Only Existence is necessary?

2006-06-28 Thread Stephen Paul King
Hi Lee, - Original Message - From: Lee Corbin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 1:02 AM Subject: RE: Only Existence is necessary? Stephen writes it seems that we have skipped past the question that I am trying to pose: Where does

Re: Only Existence is necessary?

2006-06-28 Thread Stephen Paul King
Hi Tom, I completely agree with you on this and could only add that it seems almost impossible for us to comprehend the seemingly subconscious bias that we bring into discussions of the nature of Meaning and Existence. It is as if it is impossible to remove all vestiges of the existence