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1 | | If two persons could inhabit the same body, would this show that animalism is false? Why or why not? |
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2 | | If your DNA were fused with that of a cat so that eventually you had the body of a cat (and your mind was left intact), would this show that animalism is true? Why or why not? |
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3 | | If your memories were erased but your soul remained intact, would you still be the same person? Why or why not? |
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4 | | Explain why the possibility of a soul switch suggests that the soul theory is false. |
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5 | | Explain John Hick's point about souls and how heredity and environment seem to account for all of an individual's character traits. |
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6 | | How does William's thought experiment about Guy Fawkes undermine the psychological continuity theory? |
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7 | | What is the reduplication problem? |
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8 | | What does Parfit's transporter tale show about personal identity? |
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9 | | What is the insufficiency objection? |
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10 | | What is Locke's view of memory, crime, and personal identity? |
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11 | | Explain the brain theory of personal identity. |
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12 | | Explain why Parfit says that numerical identity is not what matters in survival? |
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13 | | Explain what split-brain experiments show about the brain theory. |
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14 | | Can personal identity consist in either psychological or physical continuity? Why or why not? |
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15 | | Explain the only x and y principle. |
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