Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mmintl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: Re: More Atheistic Wishful Thinking Message-ID: <680@mmintl.UUCP> Date: Sat, 21-Sep-85 20:42:00 EDT Article-I.D.: mmintl.680 Posted: Sat Sep 21 20:42:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 25-Sep-85 12:25:12 EDT References: <1522@umcp-cs.UUCP> <1668@pyuxd.UUCP> <1552@umcp-cs.UUCP> <701@utastro.UUCP> <664@mmintl.UUCP> <739@utastro.UUCP> Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT Lines: 14 Summary: what is a self? [Not food] In article <739@utastro.UUCP> padraig@utastro.UUCP (Padraig Houlahan) writes: >All of this indicates that the word "identity" is being used in at least >two different ways here; one as a statement of likeness, and another as >a statement of "selfness". No, what I am dealing with is the perception by the person of identity with the earlier person, and the perception by those around them that this is the same person. What is this mystical concept of "selfness"? Does it maybe mean "having the same soul"? Frank Adams ihpn4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka Multimate International 52 Oakland Ave North E. Hartford, CT 06108 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com