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That may be a problem with consequentialist epistemology but not consequentialist ontology.

We think in a language. When you are conscious of your thoughts you are aware of the voices inside your head. Let's forget about thinking since you be...

People say they do things unconsciously when they really mean is they do it without thinking. Were always conscious of our surroundings though we migh...

Interestingly enough, my question in the OP has been asked before, and there are some good answers. . Here are sources for both sides of the argument ...

Then why do conservatives want tax breaks for the rich? We're always hearing how giving the rich more money to spend and invest will boost the economy...

These stories are often publicized and are rare. The reality is that social mobility doesn't usually happen. The rich stay rich, and poor stay poor.

I may have badly worded my OP but that's not what I believe at all. I don't think we should live in an equal society, nor am I saying that some inequa...

Scientist use observation and experiments to test theories and hypotheses. Philosophers, on the other hand, rely solely on argumentation, reasoning, a...

Because you can react to being aware of the way the world is rather than stimulus and response (knee jerk reactions).

Maybe the inanimate object can be some sort of symbolism. Why did people used to worship idols? Why do Americans worship the American flag? Because it...

I like the idea of a universal basic income. It would benefit a lot of people.The problem is paying for it. We're already trillions of dollars in debt...

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I agree that not everything we do is through awareness. But there's a lot we can't do unless we are aware.

I'm not saying that there should be no inequality. People who work harder and do honest work should get more than those who don't. All I am saying is ...

You're right. I mean equal. (Forgive me, I didn't sleep last night)

I'll concede that brain states are physical states because your using the words "physical states" in a broad sense. So you don't think consciousness p...

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Here's an interesting video that's relevant. https://youtu.be/plK9qfujwyw This too. https://youtu.be/ZacggH9wB7Y

Interesting points. Anyways, back to the OP. Everyone agrees that they are different people (including me). So there's no point of discussing it anymo...

What kind of physical state is? It's not solid, nor liquid, nor gas. I don't agree that the so called "hard problem" is harder than the "easy problem"...

So what if the causes never stop? We can still track the causes that are meaningful, and ignore the rest. And the "maybe" story is rare, there's usual...

I honestly don't know what to think. How is damning for consequentialism? Is it because we can never know what the outcome of an event means?

May be.

I don't know why either. Maybe end it here before it gets even more confusing? >:O

We don't have to be on earth-1 we could be on any earth.

I'm sorry that you found my question silly. Maybe fishfry's example of a cloned human may seem less fantastical. It would also be equally unlikely tha...

I find that hard to believe.

But there's is no cloned pair before the cloning process has begun. There's only one person yet to be cloned.

I started reading it until they started talking about "intrinsic" and "extrinsic" properties. I couldn't read anymore. :s

You can talk about two things that happen to be one, like Hesperus (the evening star) and Phosphors (the morning star). Both of which incidentally tur...

Two humans with different memories and experiences must be different people. Got it.

When I think of physical states I think of how matter is arranged such solid, liquid, and gas. I find it hard to conceptualize experience (i.e brain s...

Are you sure that experiences can't be physical. Many physical things are the result of physical activity. For example, the rotation of a fan blade pr...

Did you try a verbatim search?

Are human beings like a process? If so, what would be analogous to the single "program code"?

Your going in a circle. But never mind, I agree, two separate entities are different things.

Do you think you can provide a link?

You need to elaborate on this. What does experience being a product of brain activity make it hard to understand how we can be aware of our experience...

Why can't separate entities be the same?

Some outcomes are mutually exclusive. Yes every outcome can occur under determinism - but not at the same time.

But philosophy has nothing to do with a changing universe. Philosopher's deal with ideas not the universe. Sounds like a job for science.

The problem is that no one has time to explore and observe all. It would take more than a lifetime to explore all the philosophical writings.

Wow, you must have an amazing memory!

Let the truth prevail!

So you judge a philosophy based on how persuasive it is to you?

What about philosophy that you can't understand? Is that the basis of rejecting a philosophy? On whether you can understand it or not?

Do you pick and choose what philosophy you read? Surely you don't just jump into a random philosophy book without first making a judgment about it.

That's from The Room lol. Great movie!