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Argument from perpetual identity against naturalism.
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RE: Argument from perpetual identity against naturalism.
As anyone who has any dealings with dementia sufferers will know identity is not permanent. How "you" are can change hugely as the structure of the brain changes. Nice people turn aggressive, people forget their wives and children.

The personality of a person is to some extent just brain function of that particular body at that time.

The spiteful grandfather or grandmother is still seen as being those older kind people even when their personalities become altered by their illness.

The person is the same but the output of their brain has altered because of a change in the hardware.



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RE: Argument from perpetual identity against naturalism. - by downbeatplumb - March 17, 2013 at 6:42 am

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