Combining Philosophers
Ideas for New Scientist writers, David Hume and Charles Taylor
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / a. Memory is Self
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Memory only reveals personal identity, by showing cause and effect [Hume]
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We use memory to infer personal actions we have since forgotten [Hume]
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Memory not only reveals identity, but creates it, by producing resemblances [Hume]
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Who thinks that because you have forgotten an incident you are no longer that person? [Hume]
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity
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Causation unites our perceptions, by producing, destroying and modifying each other [Hume]
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Are self and substance the same? Then how can self remain if substance changes? [Hume]
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / c. Inadequacy of mental continuity
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Perceptions are distinct, so no connection between them can ever be discovered [Hume]
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