Readings in Analytic Philosophy

Here are some notes about identity over time.
The question of personal identity over time asks under what possible circumstances is a person who exists at one time identical with something that exists at another time. This definition avoids problems encountered by the Memory Criterion solution for the question, namely assuming that you were or [...]

One thing we might think a good essential property should be is projectible. Projectible properties can be projected into the future onto objects having that property, that is, they are properties on which we can perform induction (Quine “Natural Kinds”). Green is projectible because we can expect that if objects of the same type [...]

Scientist wants to know what it is like to be an earth worm. Cori Bargmann notes, “To be effective at teasing out the worm’s behavior, it helps to imagine what a worm’s life in the soil is like.” Can projecting qualia onto beings who probably don’t have qualia be useful in science? [...]