What is the difference between the Ego theory and the Bundle theory?
an ego theory is a person's continued existence cannot be explained except as the continued existence of a particular Ego, or subject of experiences and the bundle theory we can’t explain either the unity of consciousness at any time, or the unity of a whole life, by referring to a person. Instead we must claim that there are long series of different mental states and events.
If I was about to divide, I should conclude that neither of the resulting people will be me.
If you are divided then it changes everything because there are two sides of the brain the right and the left and they have different thoughts and functions going on and so it would not be you anymore.
Just as there can be a single memory of just having had several expe-riences, such as hearing a bell strike three times, there can be a single state of awareness both of hearing the fourth striking of this bell, and of seeing, at the same time, ravens flying past the bell-tower.
I never really saw it like this but the example of the bells makes me more curious about our awareness and this idea of having different experiences with the bells ringing.
‘How many colours can you see?’ With both hands the person writes, ‘Only one’. The words are now changed to read, ‘Which is the only colour that you can see?’
This is really interesting how although there are two colors people still see one but not everyone is seeing the same colors because there are two colors. This also reminds me of the controversial issue going around a couple years ago about a blue and gold dress and how some people were seeing blue and other people were seeing gold.
Self
Self is an individual person as the object of its own reflective consciousness and it includes consciousness of one's physicality as well as one's inner character and emotional life.
According to Locke, in what does personal identity consist?
Pg. 309 and 311. It consists in the consciousness we have of our continued existence. "Personal identity found all the right and justice of reward and punishment; happiness and misery being that for which every one is concerned for himself, and not mattering what becomes of any substance, not joined to, or affected with that consciousness."
carcass
"a dead body; Corpse" "the living, material, or physical body" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carcass
premised
"A proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/premise
It’s because it would be boring
I kind of disagree with this I think in some cases it is not always boring.
it would make a lot more sense to make a torn decision—that is, to justchoose—than it would to keep on deliberating, or to just stand there until it became clear to you which flavor you wanted.
I do this a lot when I am in the front of the line and cannot decide on what I want I feel more pressured and just choose a flavor I want.
it can help to explain our capacities to control our actions in such a way that we are respon-sible for them.
This is true, free will explains how we control our own actions by having self-control and having the ability to overcome something by controlling it. Taking things into our own hands and taking action.
neuroscience and psychology
In my neuroscience and psychology class we talked about how illusion is part of the visual cortex and it is located at the back of our heads allowing our brains to process information coming in visually from our eyes.
Instead of showing that free will is an illusion
Free will is all in the brain and is created as an illusion by our brains. We make conscious choices daily.
When a child robs an old lady, should we blame the child himself or his parents?
Its partially the parents fault for not teaching their kid right from wrong and that it is not ok to steal.
Why don’t we laugh at a judge who punishes a crimi-nal, just as heartily as we laugh at Basil Fawlty?
We don't laugh at a judge who punishes a criminal because that is a serious crime and serious issue and not something to laugh about. With Basil Fawlty we laugh because he's talking to his car and hitting it instead of finding out what's wrong with it he hasn't harmed an actual human being.
Instead of beating the car, we would inves-tigate the problem
Beating the car would not fix the problem so it's better to figure out what the problem is and fix it.
They suggest that conscious-ness may arise from certain oscillations in the cerebral cortex,
We talked about this part of the brain in my neuro class brain and behavior and how the cerebral cortex enables consciousness.
however, an increasing number of neuroscientists, psychologists and philoso-phers have been rejecting the idea that consciousness cannot be studied and are attempting to delve into its secrets.
I completely agree with this because even though one is conscious and aware of their surroundings you cannot really study it because not everyone thinks the same and everyone's brain perceive things differently.
but perhaps it is not altogether wrong.
There are some aspects in which it is not wrong.
If somebody speaks and acts in certain ways it is natural to speak of this speech and action as the expression of his thought
This is true
What is it to perceive, to feel emotion, to hold a belief, or to have a purpose?
I believe we all have our own ways of perceiving things, feeling emotion, holding different beliefs, and different purposes and goals in life.
Thinking is another attribute of the soul;
We are always thinking all the time.Our mind and body is always thinking in some way. We are aware of our bodies and conscious.
Am I so dependent on the body and the senses that without these I cannot exist?
I do believe in a way we all our dependent on our bodies and senses because without them we have nothing really. We need these senses to help us.
elusive;
"hard to comprehend or define" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elusive
, beyond the red end of the spectrum, there is a broad band of infrared rays; and on the other side, beyond the violet end, are the ultraviolet rays
this reminds me of the when I learned about spectrums in chemistry and how they all work together through the electrical energies.
while dimin-ishing our feeling of certainty as to what things are, it greatly increases our knowledge as to what they may be
this is very interesting, this is a good perspective to look at.
that phi-losophy could establish the truth of certain answers to such fundamental questions.
Philosophy helps us to question our beliefs and think about it in a deeper way. We take that question and look into it and research it to find the answer and philosophy is used to find the truth behind these questions.
it is part of the business of philosophy to continue the consideration of such ques-tions, to make us aware of their importance, to exam-ine all the approaches to them,
Philosophy is an important part our daily lives. It helps us enhance our problem solving skills and communication skills. We ask questions and question stuff all the time, and also approach the questions in different ways.
But if you put the same question to a philosopher, he will, if he is candid, have to confess that his study has not achieved positive results such as have been achieved by other sciences.
So will a philosopher ever achieve a positive result to his study if not why?
stipulate
"Demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of a bargain or agreement."
Decomposition
"The organic phenomenon of rotting. Is a breaking down or coming apart. You can use the noun decomposition for rotting plants and animals."