13 ideas
21315 | A tree remains the same in the popular sense, but not in the strict philosophical sense [Butler] |
5662 | Maybe induction could never prove the existence of something unobservable [Ayer] |
5664 | Consciousness must involve a subject, and only bodies identify subjects [Ayer] |
21317 | Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler] |
5668 | People own conscious states because they are causally related to the identifying body [Ayer] |
5661 | We identify experiences by their owners, so we can't define owners by their experiences [Ayer] |
5665 | Memory is the best proposal as what unites bundles of experiences [Ayer] |
21313 | If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler] |
5666 | Not all exerience can be remembered, as this would produce an infinite regress [Ayer] |
21314 | Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler] |
21318 | If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future [Butler] |
5669 | Personal identity can't just be relations of experiences, because the body is needed to identify them [Ayer] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |