11 ideas
6294 | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God [John] |
5515 | Imaginary cases are good for revealing our beliefs, rather than the truth [Parfit] |
8821 | Jesus said he bore witness to the truth. Pilate asked, What is truth? [John] |
5516 | Reduction can be by identity, or constitution, or elimination [Parfit, by PG] |
8130 | Qualities of experience are just representational aspects of experience ('Representationalism') [Harman, by Burge] |
5514 | Psychologists are interested in identity as a type of person, but philosophers study numerical identity [Parfit] |
5521 | If my brain-halves are transplanted into two bodies, I have continuity, and don't need identity [Parfit] |
5522 | Over a period of time what matters is not that 'I' persist, but that I have psychological continuity [Parfit] |
5519 | It is fine to save two dying twins by merging parts of their bodies into one, and identity is irrelevant [Parfit] |
5520 | If two humans are merged surgically, the new identity is a purely verbal problem [Parfit] |
5518 | It doesn't matter whether I exist with half my components replaced (any more than an audio system) [Parfit] |