PHI 101: Intro to Personal Identity

These flashcards cover key concepts regarding personal identity, immortality, and philosophical theories as discussed in the lecture notes.

Personal Identity

The concept that explores the nature of what it means to be the same person over time despite various changes.

Personal Immortality

The continuation after death of the conscious individual, implying the persistence of one's identity.

Qualitative Identity

Identity based on being alike in all qualities, such as two identical twins.

Numerical Identity

Identity indicating that two references point to the same object or individual, e.g., Joe Biden is the same as the President of the US.

Identity Conditions

Criteria that determine what makes something the same across different times and stages.

Biological Organism Identity

Identity conditions for biological organisms that allow survival despite changes in material parts over time.

The Ship of Theseus

A philosophical paradox that questions whether an object that has had all of its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object.

Space-Time Worm

A philosophical term describing a being as extended in time, where all stages of its existence are considered parts of the same entity.

Survival of the Self

The notion that one's identity persists through changes over time, often in the context of life after death.

Legacy

What remains of a person after death, such as memories and influences on others, but does not equate to personal immortality.

Agnosticism

A position of being uncertain or noncommittal to a belief, such as the belief in personal immortality.

Memory Persistence

Concept suggesting that a person can live on in the memories of others, although this does not imply actual survival of the person.

Afterlife

A belief in a continued existence beyond physical death.

Personal Survival

The conditions and theories regarding how a personal identity can exist across time.

Milty's Identity

An example used to illustrate personal identity across time using stages of a single individual's life.

Existential Identity

The intrinsic qualities that define a person's existence beyond physical or biological components.