Choose2examquestionsfromsection2ofthequestionslistfortheexam.Please(youmust!)includethequestiontextinyourdiscussionpost!EachQuestionmustbe200words.Section2-PersonalIdentity:1.Iftwopersonscouldinhabitthesamebody,wouldthisshowthatanimalismisfalse?Whyorwhynot?2.ADifferentPersonThoughtProbe(pg247in5thedition)fromtheintrotochapter4.Readthestory(andthoughtprobe)andanswerthesequestions:Issheanumericallydifferentperson?Whyorwhynot?Howaboutquantitatively?Whyorwhynot?Isshedifferentenoughtogetareducedsentence?Whyorwhynot?3.IfyourDNAwerefusedwiththatofacatsothateventuallyyouhadthebodyofacat(andyourmindwasleftintact),wouldthisshowthatanimalismistrue?Whyorwhynot?4.Explainwhythepossibilityofasoulswitchsuggeststhatthesoultheoryisfalse.5.ExplainJohnHick'spointaboutsoulsandhowheredityandenvironmentseemtoaccountforallofanindividual'scharactertraits.6.Aresoulsneededtoexplainanything(aboutourselvesorouridentities)?Ifso,what?7.Ifyourmemorieswereerasedbutyoursoulremainedintact,wouldyoustillbethesameperson?Whyorwhynot?8.WereYouEveraFetusThoughtProbe.Readandanswerthesequestions:IsthisconsequenceofLocke'stheoryplausible?Whyorwhynot?9.Whatistheinconsistencyobjection?(whatisitanobjectionagainst?)Whatisaresponsetoit?Doyoufindtheresponsetobeadequate?Whyorwhynot?10.Shouldwetrytoreformcriminalsbyerasingtheirmemories?Shouldwereformcriminalsbychangingtheircharacters?Isonemethodpreferabletotheother?Why?11.Isresurrectionamoreplausibleviewoftheafterlifethanreincarnation?WhyorWhynot?12.Whatimplicationsdoestherealizationthatresponsibilityiscloselytiedtocharacterhaveforourjudicialsystem?Wouldourjudicialsystembemorejustifweputmoreemphasisoncharacterthanonidentity?13.Whatisthecircularityobjection?(whatisitanobjectionagainst?)Whatisaresponsetoit?Doyoufindtheresponsetobeadequate?Whyorwhynot?
14.HowdoesWilliam'sthoughtexperimentaboutGuyFawkesunderminethepsychologicalcontinuitytheory?15.WhatdoesParfit'stransportertaleshowaboutpersonalidentity?