Posted by alexandra_k on August 20, 2005, at 21:48:14
In reply to Re: I » alexandra_k, posted by Dinah on August 18, 2005, at 9:33:48
Sure it does... Sure it does... I shall try and draw a pic but who knows how it will go in the little txt box...
Dinah1--------------..................-----------
Dinah2.............................------..................
Dinah3....................-----........................Left to right is the progression of time.
----- means thats the bit of you in control.
The dots are just place holders for the silly txt box...
So Dinah1 then change in state to Dinah3 then change in state to Dinah2 then back to Dinah1.And think of Dinah1 Dinah2 etc as patterns of beliefs / desires / preferences / emotions / memories etc.
There can be more or less of a relation between Dinah1 Dinah2 Dinah3 etc.
But Dinah1 at those two points in time resembles more than Dinah1 and Dinah2.I think...
Under this model it would make sense that Dinah1 Dinah2 etc get to be Dinah in virtue of a bodily criterion of personal identity...
And Dinah1 gets to put in two distinct appearances in virtue of a psychological criterion of personal identity...
:-)
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