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Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e
Theodore Schick, Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn
The Problem of Personal Identity
We are Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On: Self as Substance

Multiple Choice



1

Empiricists have argued that there are no souls because
A)there is no God.
B)souls are weightless.
C)souls cannot be perceived.
D)souls can be perceived.
2

If animalism is true, then
A)identical persons have identical souls.
B)then having the same body is a necessary condition for being the same person.
C)persons can be immaterial things.
D)your soul resides in your DNA.
3

According to Locke, being a person requires that you are
A)human.
B)without sin.
C)capable of speaking.
D)none of the above.
4

The possibility of body switches suggests that
A)animalism must be true.
B)our identity cannot reside in our bodies.
C)persons are souls.
D)reincarnation is false.
5

Souls have traditionally been considered to be
A)thoughts.
B)thinking substances.
C)your memories.
D)your feelings.








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