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From: "Brent Meeker" <meekerdb.domain.name.hidden>
To: <everything-list.domain.name.hidden>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Fwd: NDPR David Shoemaker, Personal Identity and Ethics: A
Brief Introduction]
>
> Quentin Anciaux wrote:
>>
>> If the "copy" has no memory of being me then It's not me... or you
>> mean there is something which is not memory but which is "me" (and
>> render memory useless as primary property of the self) ?
>>
>> It is a matter of semantic but if you accept that memory is not what
>> can be ascribe to "you" then "you/I/..." doesn't mean anything... in
>> that sense you are me and vice-versa, and everyone is everyone but I
>> don't see this as a theory of self identity.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Quentin
> I tend to agree with Quentin that memories are an essential component of
> personal identity. But that also raises a problem with ideas like
> "observer moments" and "continuity". Almost all my memories are not
> being remembered at an given time. Some I may not recall for years at a
> time. I may significant periods of time in which I am not consciously
> recalling any memories. So then how can memories and continuity be
> essential? I practice we rely on continuity of the body and then ask,
> "Does this body have (some) appropriate memories?"
>
> Brent
Hi Brent and Quentin,
Could it be that it is the continuous possibility of recall from memory
itself and not just the occasional recall acts that are important to
continuity of P.I.?
Stephen
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