 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
Thought ProbesHobbes's Ship of Theseus: Which of the two ships (the continuously repaired ship or the ship made out of the original planks) is identical to Theseus's ship?
| Relative Identity
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-relative/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article |  | | | The Ship of Theseus
(http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/3175/sot.htm)
Article by John Baggelay | | | | Identity, Persistence, and the Ship of Theseus
(http://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/theseus.html)
Lecture notes from Marc Cohen (University of Washington) | | | | Identity through Time
(http://www.sfu.ca/philosophy/beyond_experience/chap11.htm)
Chapter from Metaphysical Theories and Philosophical Constraints by Norman Swartz (Simon Fraser University) | | | | Swappable Minds
(http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~mnkylab/publications/learnconcepts/swappable.pdf)
Article by Marc Hauser (Harvard University) applying the ship of Theseus problem to brains |
Chopfyte: Chopfyte has Captain Fyter's head but a body made of parts from both Nick Chopper and Captain Fyter. Who is Chopfyte?
| Frankenstein Fears After Head Transplant
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1263758.stm)
BBC News article on head transplants in monkeys | | | | Heady Transplant
(http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/SecondOpinion/secondopinion_85.html)
ABC News article on head transplants by Nicholas Regush | | | | A Little Off the Top
(http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.01/transplants.html)
Wired.com article on head transplants by Jonathan Vankin | | | | Guillotines and Body Transplants: the Severed Head in Fact and Fiction
(http://www.strangehorizons.com/2002/20020930/severed_head.shtml)
Article by Fred Bush | | | | Dualism: An Empirical Test
(http://users.ox.ac.uk/~shil0124/mystuff/dualism.html)
Implications of brain transplants for theories of the self by Peter J. King (University of North London) |
Siamese Twins: Would Siamese twins that share the same body but have two heads be the same person?
| Abigail and Brittany Hensel
(http://phreeque.tripod.com/hensel_sisters.html)
Article on the Hensel twins who share one body with two heads | | | | The Freedom of Love
(http://www.worldinvisible.com/newsltr/yr1997/jan/mary.htm)
Article on the Hensel twins by Mary Kliewer | | | | The Hensel Twins
(http://members.tripod.com/~midnightwill/twins.html)
Information on the Hensel twins | | | | A Social History of Conjoined Twins
(http://zygote.swarthmore.edu/cleave4b.html)
Excerpts from Body Doubles: Siamese Twins in Fact and Fiction by Laura E. Beardsley |
Souls in Heaven: What happens to souls in heaven? Do children grow up? Are cripples made whole? Will the insane become sane? Can the soul theory answer these questions?
| Do Souls Go to Heaven?
(http://www.mindspring.com/~anthonybuzzard/souls.htm)
Article by Anthony Buzzard (Atlanta Bible College) | | | | How Does Your Soul Fit Into Your Brain?
(http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/brain.html)
Article by Adrian Barnett on the relationship between the brain and the soul | | | | Problems with Heaven
(http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/heaven.html)
Article by Michael Martin (Boston University) | | | | What Happens at the Time of our Death?
(http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_deat.htm)
Summary article from religioustolerance.org | | | | What is Heaven Like?
(http://bible-studies.cephasministry.com/what_is_heaven_like.html)
Article by Alan Yusko (Cephas Ministries) | | | | Heaven: The Super World
(http://www.celebrationchurch.net/heaven.html)
Article by Lowell Lundstrom (Celebration Church) | | | | What is Heaven Like?
(http://hometown.aol.com/prophecy04/Articles/Heaven/heaven.html)
Article by Roy A. Reinhold (Prophecy Truths) |
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