Psychological Continuity: PE after death - Self, Death & Afterlife

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Psychological Continuity after death

- Parfit's bundle theory

- Dennett's functionalism

<p>- Parfit's bundle theory</p><p>- Dennett's functionalism</p>
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How does Parfit's Bundle Theory see continuity after death?

Psychological connectedness

<p>Psychological connectedness</p>
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Parfit's Bundle Theory

- Any influence people have in life continues after death through both genetic offspring and remembrance

- There is no such thing as a self: individuals are "bundles" of ever-changing states of being

<p>- Any influence people have in life continues after death through both genetic offspring and remembrance</p><p>- There is no such thing as a self: individuals are "bundles" of ever-changing states of being</p>
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Links between Bundle Theory & Buddhism

- Buddhists believe that the ever-changing combination of mental and physical energies occurring throughout this life is a process that continues after death

- Therefore, the idea of some form of survival after death may be compatible with Bundle Theory.

<p>- Buddhists believe that the ever-changing combination of mental and physical energies occurring throughout this life is a process that continues after death</p><p>- Therefore, the idea of some form of survival after death may be compatible with Bundle Theory.</p>
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Functionalism Computer Analogy

- Computer works as input, processing & output of information

- Mental states consist of the brain processing the inputted sense experiences and outputting the result of the process in the form of behaviour

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Dennett's Functionalism

- Claims the brain's computer program consists of the experiences, memories & personality that form the narrative self

- These could survive the death of an individual through having been stored on another platform, like a computer

- This stored information of the individual's life would be psychologically continuous with what went before

<p>- Claims the brain's computer program consists of the experiences, memories &amp; personality that form the narrative self</p><p>- These could survive the death of an individual through having been stored on another platform, like a computer</p><p>- This stored information of the individual's life would be psychologically continuous with what went before</p>
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Problems with psychological continuity

- How can thoughts & ideas exist without a thinker?

- Consciousness dismissed as the subjective experience of individuals

<p>- How can thoughts &amp; ideas exist without a thinker?</p><p>- Consciousness dismissed as the subjective experience of individuals</p>
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How can thoughts and ideas exist without a thinker?

- Objection to Parfit's theory

- This is evidenced by the fact that it is the self that holds these things together in life

<p>- Objection to Parfit's theory</p><p>- This is evidenced by the fact that it is the self that holds these things together in life</p>
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Consciousness dismissed as the subjective experience of individuals

- Both theories do this

- However, neuroscience cannot explain qualia (a type of subjective experience)

- Some philosophers dismiss the reductionism of Dennett, which explained consciousness in terms of computing

<p>- Both theories do this</p><p>- However, neuroscience cannot explain qualia (a type of subjective experience)</p><p>- Some philosophers dismiss the reductionism of Dennett, which explained consciousness in terms of computing</p>