Campbell S. Rapid psychological change / trans. from Engl. O. M. Kadochnikova
The article criticizes the psychological approach to the personal identity problem. An original argument is proposed that emphasizes the difference between gradual and rapid psychological changes. The case of gradual personality changes suggests the presence of psychological continuity in the men...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность" |
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| Online Access: | https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2020/%D0%A2.%205,%20%E2%84%96%203%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/95-100%20%D0%9A%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%20%D0%A1..pdf |
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| Summary: | The article criticizes the psychological approach to the personal identity problem.
An original argument is proposed that emphasizes the difference between gradual
and rapid psychological changes. The case of gradual personality changes suggests
the presence of psychological continuity in the mental states of a person. It entails
that the person survives during such changes. In case of rapid psychological change,
the former personality is completely erased by brain-zap to install bit-by-bit a new
person at 100 seconds. According to the psychological approach, a person cannot
survive during such changes. However, this conclusion leads to a contradiction if we
accept Parfit’s principle (which he uses to defend the psychological approach) that
what matters in survival cannot depend on a small difference (trivial facts), because
such differences are minor |
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| ISSN: | 2542-0488 2541-7983 |