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Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e
Theodore Schick, Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn
The Problem of Personal Identity
You Can't Step Into the Same River Twice: Self as Process

Multiple Choice



1

According to the revised body theory, a person with your mind but without your body would not be you.
A)True
B)False
2

According to Nozick's closest continuer theory, identical persons are those who are closest continuers of one another.
A)True
B)False
3

Parfit says that identity is all that matters in survival.
A)True
B)False
4

The brain theory avoids the reduplication problem.
A)True
B)False
5

Numerical identity is a relationship between a thing and itself.
A)True
B)False








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