Is there any kind of practical upshot to the theory of the self? Do you feel less connected with your previous self than you did before? Well, this is. But I think here is the key question. Like, does it just change how you conceptualize or theorize about this question? Or does it actually change how you feel about it and your actions? Right?
Tamler’s earlier self committed to doing an episode on Parfit, and David holds his current self to that promise, which shows how unconvinced David was by Parfit’s skepticism about personal identity. Or something like that. We argue about the value of Parfit’s sci-fi thought experiments and the implications of believing there’s no clear sense of “me.” Plus, we talk about a recent article on aphantasia – the inability to conjure images in your mind – and the question that pops into everyone’s head when they hear about this condition.
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