2009/2/12 Jack Mallah <jackmallah.domain.name.hidden>:
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> --- On Wed, 2/11/09, Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp.domain.name.hidden> wrote:
>> You agree that if one version of me goes to bed tonight and one version of me wakes up tomorrow, then I should expect to wake up tomorrow. But if extra versions of me are manufactured and run today, then switched off when I go to sleep, then you are saying that I might not wake up tomorrow.
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> You won't know this evening if you are one of the "extra versions" or the original. So yes, in that situation, you will probably not be around tomorrow. Only the original will.
Well, this seems to be the real point of disagreement between you and
the pro-QI people. If I am one of the extra versions and die
overnight, but the original survives, then I have survived. This is
why there can be a many to one relationship between earlier and later
copies. If you don't agree with this then you should make explicit
your theory of personal identity.
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Stathis Papaioannou
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