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It isn't about degree of similarity. If I don't have access to their mental state, they are not me. I think I am like an instance of an object, and my identity
by ericb 14y ago
It isn't about degree of similarity.
If I don't have access to their mental state, they are not me. I think I am like an instance of an object, and my identity is related to my path through space and time. To be me, they'd have to be standing where I stand, and have stood where I stood.
A 100% copy of the mona lisa is still not the mona lisa--it lacks the history.
- scotty79 14y agoYou don't always get what you want. When mona lisa gets destroyed 100% copy becomes just as good with it's own history of being perfect copy of something that had long history.