PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Psychological Trauma
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We could be reincarnated and that would mean that if my soul did a crime in the 12th century, I could just be a mascot. then when reincarnated i would still need to pay for the crime. The identity of a person is determined by overlapping chains of memory or consciousness. Problem of memory: when you do not remember a lot of things in your life, or when you do it"s not exactly accurate. This is a problem because i am who my memories is won"t make sense. Problem of dualism: say you walk into a box, and when you come out there"s 2 of you. The identity of a person is determined by continuous bodily existence. Ship of theseus: continuation of body isn"t that important. Suppose there is some process where at the start there is 2 people, a and b. A says a speaks how he speak and b speaks how he speaks.
