Jack,
As Stathis and Quentin wrote, we have approached the core of the
disagreement.
You (Jack) seem to have a very quaint idea of personal identity - some
kind of essentialism. Strange that you hold that theory and call talk of
1st person/3rd person distinction sloganeering.
It seems,
On 12 Feb 2009, at 05:38, Tom Caylor wrote:
But of course you would worry just as much if the clone were replaced
by a zombie... I guess that gets back to the distinction between
first person and third person.
It seems to me that is the problem indeed. At the same time, it seems
--- On Wed, 2/11/09, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote:
You agree that if one version of me goes to bed tonight and one version of me
wakes up tomorrow, then I should expect to wake up tomorrow. But if extra
versions of me are manufactured and run today, then switched off when I
The effects of have clones is interesting, though, regardless of the
sapping strength notion. You would have reason to worry about being
killed if there were clones and then a shell game was played with
you being mixed up with the clones, and then all of the yous were
killed except one. All of
But of course you would worry just as much if the clone were replaced
by a zombie... I guess that gets back to the distinction between
first person and third person.
On Feb 11, 9:05 pm, Tom Caylor daddycay...@msn.com wrote:
The effects of have clones is interesting, though, regardless of the
2009/2/12 Jack Mallah jackmal...@yahoo.com:
--- On Wed, 2/11/09, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote:
You agree that if one version of me goes to bed tonight and one version of
me wakes up tomorrow, then I should expect to wake up tomorrow. But if extra
versions of me are
2009/2/12 Tom Caylor daddycay...@msn.com:
The effects of have clones is interesting, though, regardless of the
sapping strength notion. You would have reason to worry about being
killed if there were clones and then a shell game was played with
you being mixed up with the clones, and then
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