Arts & Humanities - 14 October 2006

If we developed the technique to transport your mental life to an android would you undergo the procedure?

It is not clear h o w we may transport your consciousness. For if we simply copied the information held in your brain configuration, the disturbing consequence would be that "you" die and only a copy of you is realized in the machine.

The question: the discontinuity of mental life offers us this fear -- that we sometimes drift into deep sleep and disrupt our chain of consciousness -- which most intuitively is a necessary condition for personal identity. So that each morning we may be another doppelganger, acting out our life AS IF the memories and ambitions we seem privileged to are indeed our own.

Is survival in the form of a virtually identical copy enough?
Would you discontinue your mental life after seeing your copy awake successfully?

If not -- sweet dreams.

2006-10-14 20:39:51 · 13 answers · asked by -.- 6 in Philosophy

2006-10-14 20:38:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Arts & Humanities

After earthly life is gone, do you believe you will see him or her again? And what will be the story of that meeting, if so?

2006-10-14 20:30:33 · 12 answers · asked by Porky 2 in Philosophy

2006-10-14 20:28:02 · 7 answers · asked by !kyradarkmoon! 3 in Books & Authors

In a country like India many superstitious people are here. so is it bad or not??????????/

2006-10-14 20:25:15 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Arts & Humanities

and name the title of your favorite book by him or her.

2006-10-14 20:23:42 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

i need to impress some one with some poetry...please help me with some...

2006-10-14 20:15:24 · 10 answers · asked by slimy dude 2 in Other - Arts & Humanities

Should we pursue the Doing philosophy in case of matters regarding Salvation and just follow the Being philosophy in case of ordinary material matters of the World, probably all are going to die in the end. So Salvation is the Only thing that you should try to pursue with a Go, and Get It, attitude. What's your thoughts regarding this?

Also see the following link also, if you do not understand what's Doing and Being philosophies are....

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtIWYP_w2gthAHYiSRj3yf_sy6IX?qid=20060827210313AASA7BA

2006-10-14 20:14:11 · 3 answers · asked by jayakrishnamenon 3 in Philosophy

2006-10-14 20:10:14 · 8 answers · asked by chael 1 in Philosophy

i need help!!! like red and blue makes purple...

2006-10-14 20:00:58 · 7 answers · asked by ceeloks23 1 in Painting

i have to write a paper on these works by edgar allen poe: " the raven", "the tell tale heart", and "the philosophy of composition." it can be on anything that has to do with these works. it can be about all of them, or two of them, or just one of them. it really doesnt matter it can be about anything, but i just cant think of anything at all to write about. does anyone have any ideas? anything would be greatly appreciated. :)

2006-10-14 19:55:44 · 3 answers · asked by Simply Me 1 in Books & Authors

just for your opinion.....

2006-10-14 19:55:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Drawing & Illustration

2006-10-14 19:53:52 · 12 answers · asked by Joe Cooker 3 in Philosophy

I would like to know your answers.

2006-10-14 19:45:42 · 20 answers · asked by linda b 3 in Philosophy

in the end
by chad sharpe

in the end when the sky shatters and devil batters at ur door and life and love is no more when black is the sky when god himself will cry when pain is gone blown n2 eternity shot n2 oblivion when war and love are cast n2 the fires where our deepest desires lay when night becomes the quaking day in the hours of long shadow in the minutes of short light o wont that be such a sight in the end will ther b good or evil stand in days o naught when time has been bought will deaths glare stand alone like a dog without a bone where etirnity once stood and light once shone will man still be known will our name echo in the void or fall short struck down by the clear in the pitts of our fear no dark no lite no wars and fite and pai but no love and no hell but no heaven above in the end who will be what will we c in clearness of the void

2006-10-14 19:36:59 · 13 answers · asked by Gundead Grimm the War Dog 2 in Books & Authors

2006-10-14 19:34:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2006-10-14 19:33:18 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

I'm always looking for good books or authors I haven't heard of. What your favorite book and why?

2006-10-14 19:32:09 · 37 answers · asked by ldykat1979 2 in Books & Authors

2006-10-14 19:03:42 · 7 answers · asked by wsyean 1 in Other - Arts & Humanities

the prob is i am already 26 yrs old to think abt getting a degree.
currently i do a lot of watercolours,mostly landscapes and wud love to stick to that.
can someone guide me reg this? i live in mumbai,india.
thanks

2006-10-14 18:50:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Painting

think about it, we did not make ourself, so why do we own ourselves (IE like we say its our body, and can do what we want with it). If, say we make a cake, it is our cake and the cake does not own itself. Well, that means we at least own our children... haha, serious though

2006-10-14 18:48:30 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

I have to write a literature review using the Toulmin model but I don't know how. My professor really didn't give very good directions on how to go about it.

2006-10-14 18:38:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Arts & Humanities

i have this girl that i like and i wanna write a lil peom to her. she know that i like her but she doesnt know how much i like her or my feelings for her. we juss hang out and all now. shes also not really into mushy stuff either. i've tryed writing poems before but i dunno really how to write one that riymes well and she knows that too. so does anyone have any advice for me on how to write one thats not so mushy but still gets my feelings out and kinda ryimes? it would be totally helpful. thax in advince.

2006-10-14 18:37:45 · 5 answers · asked by Mikey 3 in Other - Arts & Humanities

it has a man with long hair wearing some kind of hat?
the back has a small shield with i think folige on the sides and more leafe like circling around. around the man in front looks like stars circling?/

2006-10-14 18:37:10 · 3 answers · asked by df9214@sbcglobal.net 1 in History

Thanks, for answering in advance!;)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I am just wondering.......

Have a Beautiful day!;)

Take care!

2006-10-14 18:36:21 · 27 answers · asked by Kimberly 6 in Philosophy

when was this idea of time first discovered, and why did they decide to make the beginning of the day at what we call midnight? (shouldn't it be at dawn or something?)

2006-10-14 18:32:07 · 5 answers · asked by hex 3 in History

what do we know... are we certain of that? Why is there a contrast or exclusion between knowledge and certainty?

2006-10-14 18:25:34 · 11 answers · asked by EuroBeats 1 in Philosophy

Young Adult Author

I'm an English Teacher...just curious who has heard of and or read his work.

2006-10-14 18:24:47 · 4 answers · asked by Joely 2 in Books & Authors

2006-10-14 18:24:18 · 8 answers · asked by King 2 in Other - Arts & Humanities

Quine shows how we may predicate "being-Socrates" of Socrates, then evaluate the description: there exists an object such that it is-Socrates. If all proper names, which implicitly commit us to the existence of the denotata, are reducible in our language to a description (however irreducible the description may be) are we then committed to an ontology without objects?

2006-10-14 18:22:26 · 6 answers · asked by -.- 6 in Philosophy