Instruction
like I said in the summary, 5 questions, 100+ words for each question! IS THE QUALITY OF THE WORK, NOT QUANTITY PLEASE~
IF I GET 10/10, I WILL GIVE EXTRA $5 BONUS!!!
homework due on May 29, 2020, 23:30 CST
1. Discuss the two biggest difficulties for Locke’s theory that personal identity is based on memories of one’s former experiences. If it is memory that unites different “person stages” of the past with the person existing in the present stage into a single entity, then how does forgetting, or even remembering inaccurately, affect the self? If you no longer remember falling off your bike at eight (or falsely remember that it was someone else falling), does that mean that stage of your history is no longer part of who you are today?
2. Compare and contrast hard determinism, soft determinism, and indeterminism. Explain why indeterminism is just as problematic as hard determinism. From which two traditions of physics do these views arise?
3. Compare and contrast fatalism and karma. Which view makes the most sense?
4. Explain the concept of predestination. Which is the Islamic conception of predestination? Contrast this view to the Western religious view.
5. Describe Kant’s view of the self. Explain the difference between the transcendental ego and the empirical ego. Why did he need both notions?