J. Hidalgo. You survive Teletransportation / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev
Suppose that it was possible to teletransport. The teletransporter would destroy your old brain and body and construct an identical brain and body at a new location. Would you survive teletransportation? Many people think that teletransportation would kill you. On their view, the person that emer...
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| Language: | English |
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Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education
2024-02-01
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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/2024/%D0%A2.9,%20%E2%84%961%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/97-101%20%D0%98%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%BE%20%D0%A5..pdf |
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| Summary: | Suppose that it was possible to teletransport. The teletransporter would destroy
your old brain and body and construct an identical brain and body at a new location.
Would you survive teletransportation? Many people think that teletransportation
would kill you. On their view, the person that emerges from the teletransporter
would be a replica of you, but it wouldn’t be you. In contrast, I argue that there’s
no relevant difference between teletransportation and ordinary survival. So, if you
survive ordinary life, then you survive teletransportation. Yet my argument may also
show that we have little prudential reason to care about our survival in general. |
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| ISSN: | 2542-0488 2541-7983 |