Personal reboot and survival

The article contains a reconstruction of the rapid psychological change argument by Scott Campbell. According to the standard psychological approach, the identity of a person is tied to persistence one’s memories, beliefs, wants and intentions. A person stays the same person if one holds strongly ps...

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Published inOmskij naučnyj vestnik. Seriâ "Obŝestvo. Istoriâ. Sovremennostʹ" Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 101 - 108
Main Author Nekhaev, A. V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education 01.10.2020
Subjects
brain-zap
diachronic personal identity
psychological continuity and connectedness
psychological criterion
survival
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Summary:The article contains a reconstruction of the rapid psychological change argument by Scott Campbell. According to the standard psychological approach, the identity of a person is tied to persistence one’s memories, beliefs, wants and intentions. A person stays the same person if one holds strongly psychologically connected and continuous over time. The structure of rapid psychological change argument is compared with the argument of incredibly long-lasting psychological change by David Lewis. It is concluded that the main goals of critical attacks of these arguments are the temporal mismatch of psychological connectedness and continuity as well as the reductionist claim that all the facts what matters for survival can be described in an impersonal way
ISSN:2542-0488
2541-7983
DOI:10.25206/2542-0488-2020-5-3-101-108