Personal Identity

 

What kind of thing am I, primarily?

 

                Biological Entity             

OR       

Psychological Entity

 

Which image is most appropriate for (which should I emphasize when) investigating my own nature?

 

Scientific => BIO        

OR

        Common Sense => PSYCH

 

 

 

BIO

PSYCH

Swift

I am a Yahoo

I am a Houynymn

 

Cerebral Transplant

I have lost a cerebrum

I have a new body

 

Permanent Vegetative State

I survive as a ‘human vegetable’

I do not survive

Fetus

I was once a first-trimester fetus

I was never a first-trimester fetus