Question 1

Locke argues that the same consciousness cannot partake of different material and immaterial substances.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What explanation does Reid give of our ordinary ways of speaking about the identity of objects? How does he block the inference that personal identity is just as messy?

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Question 3

What do the single and double cases have in common?

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A)   Parfit has no relationship to the new people created in either case.
B)   Parfit has the same relationship to the new people created in each case.
C)   Parfit's identity survives in both cases.
D)   Parfit's identity doesn't survive in either case.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

What is Bombos' main argument for why X = Y? Is it a good argument? Explain.

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Question 5

According to Parfit, if half his brain is transplanted, the new person is not really him.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

How does Reid argue for the existence of a permanent self? Is it convincing? Explain.

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Question 7

Reid thinks that our convictions about personal identity are different than our convictions about the identity of objects.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

According to Parfit, personal identity is widely thought to have

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A)   Little importance.
B)   Great rational significance.
C)   Great moral significance.
D)   Both b and cE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Parfit thinks that personal identity is of great rational and moral significance.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Locke saw the relationship between personal identity and bodily identity as

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A)   Eternally connected.
B)   Not connected.
C)   Allowing for the immortality of the soul.
D)   Both b and cE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

How does Parfit think we should revise our views about identity?
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke

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Derek Parfit, a British philosopher, arg...

Question 12

How does Locke's view lead to a contradiction?

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Question 13

The dispute between Morion and Bombos pertains to

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A)   Whether they were cheated by the Proteus brothers.
B)   Whether they have to pay.
C)   Whose ship remains.
D)   All of the above.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 14

In the story Smart describes, Bombos sent his ship to be refurbished with all new parts.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Perry claims that it is incoherent to suppose one's brain might be transplanted into another's body.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

According to Hume, the self is

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A)   The basis of personal identity.
B)   A bundle of perceptions.
C)   The foundation of immortal life.
D)   An immaterial substance.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Hume clams that the difficulties raised by issues of personal identity are

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A)   Grammatical.
B)   Philosophical.
C)   Theological.
D)   Metaphysical.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

According to Hume, questions concerning personal identity represent genuine philosophical difficulties rather than simply disputes over grammar.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Hume claims that memory has nothing to do with our idea of the self.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Parfit thinks that a person exists as long as that person's body exists.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Identity

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Locke argues that the same consciousness cannot partake of different material and immaterial substances.

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How does Locke's view lead to a contradiction?

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How does Parfit think we should revise our views about identity? An Essay Concerning Human Understanding John Locke

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What do the single and double cases have in common?

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