123. Personal Identity and the Transporter Paradox

2017-07-26

What makes me “me?” How can I still be me, even though I change over time? Is Starfleet taking applications yet?

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Parfit’s review of personal identity - http://home.sandiego.edu/~baber/metaphysics/readings/Parfit.PersonalIdentity.pdf

CGP Greys amazing The Trouble with Transporters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQHBAdShgYI

PhilosophyTubes very thorough (and speedy!) coverage of personal identity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYVFep0xFYs

The SEPs brilliant article on personal identity (including major problems and possible solutions) - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/#ProPerIde

Teletransportation Paradox, via Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletransportation_paradox

Thomas Reids scathing letter to Lord Kames regarding the Resurrection (the OG transporter paradox) - https://goo.gl/KREL2F

A brief summary of Humes work on personal identity (aka bundle theory) - https://www3.nd.edu/~jspeaks/courses/2006-7/20208/hume-personal-identity.html

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