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

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

3. The Puzzle Personal identity – Bodies – Minds – Sociality Immortality

4. Historical – Plato Aristotle Hippocrates- Judeo-Christian Descartes

5. 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.”

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

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