Lecture 12 - Personal Identity, Part III: Objections to the Personality Theory. The lecture focuses on the problems directly related to the personality theory as key to personal identity. The theory states that a person retains his or her individuality so long as he or
she has the same ongoing personality. The main objection raised to this claim is the problem of duplication. The lecture explores cases in which the same personality has been transferred or exported to multiple bodies.
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Lecture 12 - Personal Identity, Part III: Objections to the Personality Theory
Time
Lecture Chapters
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1. A Mad Scientist's Experiment to Determine Personal Identity
[00:07:12]
2. The Science Experiment Continued: Dilemmas in Mixed Personalities and Bodies
[00:19:38]
3. Duplication as an Objection to the Personality Theory
[00:40:26]
4. No Branching Clause - Acceptable under the Personality Theory?