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One thing that endures through time and change is one's brain; so perhaps the self is the brain. Give some good reason to think this idea isn't correct.
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a. One thing that endures through time and change is one's brain; so perhaps the self is the brain. Give some good reason to think this idea isn't correct. The above is the account of the powerful critisism to the body theory that states that the self is the body- i.e. each person is identifiable on the basis of physical and biological continuity. So, we can assume that the body theory is false and the above statement is true if we carry out a 'survival test'. By removing one person's brain and implanting it into another person's body, it is the brain that will determine the 'I' of the body. Therefore, the 'I' or the person is the brain. But still no scientific fact would state that the transplanted brain would determine the self of the body. People go through drastic psychological changes in their lives- they can convert to different religions, acquire...
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