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I'm glad you enjoyed him and I'm sad he's gone. But you're misremembering as it's not an argument against souls, it's an argument about what constitutes identi
by mattmanser 10y ago
I'm glad you enjoyed him and I'm sad he's gone.
But you're misremembering as it's not an argument against souls, it's an argument about what constitutes identity. You'll notice the article about it on Wikipedia has no mention of the word 'soul':
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletransportation_paradox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletransportation_paradox
- baldfat 10y agoI was also going to point out that often misunderstanding about Derek Parfit. He is also misunderstood similar to Soren Kierkegaard. The argument for self and against Emmanuel Kant are not anti-Super Natural.
- ucarion 10y agoIt's not "anti-Super Natural" per se, but he is against a separately-existing entity. Why Ulysse Carion yesterday is the same person as Ulysse Carion today is much like why France yesterday is the same country as France today. Personal identity is much like "national" identity -- it's not a very profound connection, just a high degree of correlation and continuity.
- maroonblazer 10y agoRight, and which I'd argue has even more profound implications given the definition of 'soul' - as opposed to identity - is so squishy as to be meaningless.