Personal Identity Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph.

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Personal Identity Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph

Introduction What is “identity?” What is “personal identity?”

The Puzzle Personal identity – Bodies – Minds – Sociality Immortality

Historical – Plato Aristotle Hippocrates- Judeo-Christian Descartes

Personal Identity Theory Empiricist – Idealist Bundle Theory: “I am a bundle of ideas.” Memory, Dreams, Hallucinations Idealism: – Subjectivism – Transcenentalism – Materialist Bundle Theory: “I am a bundle of bodily functions.”

Personal Immortality? Survival of what? – Individual Body – Individual body Soul – Individual soul Ideas – Individual ideas (memories) Collectives – Civilizations – Institutions

Arguments for and Against Immortality Bodily Immortality – For: Genetic Immortality – Against: Thermodynamics Mental (spiritual) Immortality – For: – Against? Is it rational to fear death?