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Arbitrary Point

Assumptions that lead to their own contradictions are tricky little...assumptions.

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One's Brain
Let's assume it defines who one is.
{part of brain being replaced}
If we change it a little, one is still the same person.
{part of brain being replaced}
However, at some point it can be changed enough that one stops existing and the brain becomes someone else.
{part of brain being replaced}
That point is here.
Then I guess this part is really what defines who one is.
{last part of the brain that was replaced}

4 Comments:

comboy Says:
November 12th, 2007 at 5:24 pm

I guess who we are is the greatest philosophical question, but I don’t thing it’s a discrete thing like: me – not me. We do change.

Preston Says:
November 14th, 2007 at 5:28 pm

Awesome. There is some sort of trick going on here, and I think it has something to do with the paradox of the heap. Agreed?

thad Says:
November 14th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
You got it my friend. 🙂

Joe Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:34 am

Actually, comboy, I would say the greatest philosophical question would be either, what can we know (including the question “can we know ourselves?”), or what is being generally (ala Heidegger)

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