PHL240H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Multiple Realizability, Turing Machine, Continuous Memory
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The first part will feature five short answer questions. The second part will feature three essay questions. You will have to choose two of the three, and each short essay you write will be worth 25 points. The circularity objection to locke s theory of personal identity over time criticizes that locke s memory criterion for personal identity presupposes personal identity because it takes first person memories into account. First possibility: the patients have a mind associated with the left hemisphere and neither a mind nor any mental activity associated with the (nonverbal) right hemisphere. Second possibility: the patients have a mind associated with the left hemisphere. Associated with the (nonverbal) right hemisphere are episodes of mental activity not associated with any distinct mind. Problem with 1 and 2: suppose the left hemisphere failed. We would have no difficulty in ascribing both a nonverbal mind and a nonverbal mental activity to the right hemispheres activities.
