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Is personal identity really just mind?
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RE: Is personal identity really just mind?
(January 30, 2016 at 2:21 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(January 30, 2016 at 12:57 pm)Irrational Wrote: That would depend on what one believes constitutes "you".

Which is what I'm trying to find out by asking the question.

Boru

My point is that this is best answered by accepting that the self is a construct, an illusion. You can't theoretically pinpoint what the self is exactly.
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Is personal identity really just mind? - by Pizza - January 30, 2016 at 4:57 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Pizza - January 30, 2016 at 5:21 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Cato - January 30, 2016 at 11:16 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Grandizer - January 30, 2016 at 12:57 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Grandizer - January 31, 2016 at 1:06 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Pizza - January 30, 2016 at 4:35 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by brewer - January 30, 2016 at 9:54 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Whateverist - January 30, 2016 at 8:00 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Catholic_Lady - January 30, 2016 at 10:24 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by MysticKnight - January 30, 2016 at 8:38 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Catholic_Lady - January 30, 2016 at 10:23 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Anomalocaris - January 30, 2016 at 4:40 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Pizza - January 30, 2016 at 4:45 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Pizza - January 30, 2016 at 4:42 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - January 30, 2016 at 6:22 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by MysticKnight - January 30, 2016 at 6:40 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - January 30, 2016 at 7:05 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by bennyboy - January 30, 2016 at 9:49 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by bennyboy - February 1, 2016 at 8:34 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - January 30, 2016 at 10:05 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - January 31, 2016 at 1:30 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Grandizer - January 31, 2016 at 1:38 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by scoobysnack - January 31, 2016 at 1:39 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by CrystalKey - January 31, 2016 at 2:01 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - January 31, 2016 at 2:55 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by CrystalKey - February 14, 2016 at 4:25 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - February 14, 2016 at 4:40 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by CrystalKey - February 14, 2016 at 5:50 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - January 31, 2016 at 2:57 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Grandizer - January 31, 2016 at 3:40 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - January 31, 2016 at 6:48 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by robvalue - February 14, 2016 at 4:27 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - February 14, 2016 at 6:34 am

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