Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.52685/cjp.23.67.4
Imagination, Thought Experiments, and Personal Identity
Michael Omoge
orcid.org/0000-0002-6010-4093
; University of Alberta – Augustana, Camrose, Canada
Abstract
Should we descry the nature of the self from thought experiments? Shaun Nichols says ‘maybe,’ but only if we use thought experiments that do not recruit the indexical “I” (non-I-recruiting). His reason is that the psychology of “I” perforce mandates that imagination responds to thought experiments that recruit it (I-recruiting) peculiarly. Here, I consider whether he is correct about non-I-recruiting personal identity thought experiments. I argue positively using the same framework, i.e., considering the underlying psychology.
Keywords
Propositional imagination; cognitive architecture; personal identity; thought experiments.
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301249
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Publication date:
6.5.2023.
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