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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Main Author: A. V. Nekhaev
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Language:English
Published: Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education 2024-02-01
Series:Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-7ca0edb6b1ef4f1baddb7f934f3d8b9f2025-02-03T08:20:58ZengOmsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher EducationОмский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"2542-04882541-79832024-02-01919710110.25206/2542-0488-2024-9-1-97-101J. Hidalgo. You survive Teletransportation / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev A. V. Nekhaev0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1358-743XOmsk State Technical UniversitySuppose 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.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..pdfpersonal identityteletransportationsurvivalbodily criterionspecial concernprudential reasons
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J. Hidalgo. You survive Teletransportation / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev
Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"
personal identity
teletransportation
survival
bodily criterion
special concern
prudential reasons
title J. Hidalgo. You survive Teletransportation / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev
title_full J. Hidalgo. You survive Teletransportation / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev
title_fullStr J. Hidalgo. You survive Teletransportation / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev
title_full_unstemmed J. Hidalgo. You survive Teletransportation / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev
title_short J. Hidalgo. You survive Teletransportation / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev
title_sort j hidalgo you survive teletransportation trans from engl a v nekhaev
topic personal identity
teletransportation
survival
bodily criterion
special concern
prudential reasons
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