"The Self and the Future" Self-Quiz

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. What does the term A-body-person describe?

The person who is associated with the body with which A was associated that has Bs psychology correct incorrect

The person who is associated with the body with which A was associated that has As psychology correct incorrect

The person who is associated with the body with which B was associated that has Bs psychology correct incorrect

The person who is associated with the body with which B was associated that has As psychology correct incorrect

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. The first thought experiment Williams considers, involving A and B, suggests . . .

Our identities are a matter of our psychological and bodily continuity correct incorrect

Our identities are a matter of our psychological continuity correct incorrect

Our identities are a matter of bodily continuity correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. What principle does Williams suggest underlies the fear one feels in the face of pain after amnesia?

Identity is a matter of psychological continuity correct incorrect

Pain, regardless of who will feel it, always merits fear correct incorrect

Physical pain in the future is not excluded by any psychological states I may be in at the time correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. For Williams, which of the following isnt a difference between his first and second case?

The first case doesnt involve someone experience a change in psychology correct incorrect

The person predicted to experience pain in the second case is me correct incorrect

The presentation of the second case doesnt make reference to another person correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. To get rid of the tension between the two presentations of the thought experiment Williams considers, he suggests . . .

Rejecting the view that identity is a matter of psychological continuity. correct incorrect

Accepting that the matter is simply conceptually undecidable. correct incorrect

Rejecting the importance of identity in the first place. correct incorrect

None of the above. correct incorrect

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. Williams isnt sure that it would be question begging to say that A and B exchange bodies.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. The case in which A and Bs respective psychologies become associated with their respective bodies speaks in favor of the bodily continuity view of personal identity.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. For Williams, not all things regarded as evil will merit fear in the future.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. What does the term A-body-person describe?

The person who is associated with the body with which A was associated that has Bs psychology correct incorrect

The person who is associated with the body with which A was associated that has As psychology correct incorrect

The person who is associated with the body with which B was associated that has Bs psychology correct incorrect

The person who is associated with the body with which B was associated that has As psychology correct incorrect

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. The first thought experiment Williams considers, involving A and B, suggests . . .

Our identities are a matter of our psychological and bodily continuity correct incorrect

Our identities are a matter of our psychological continuity correct incorrect

Our identities are a matter of bodily continuity correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. What principle does Williams suggest underlies the fear one feels in the face of pain after amnesia?

Identity is a matter of psychological continuity correct incorrect

Pain, regardless of who will feel it, always merits fear correct incorrect

Physical pain in the future is not excluded by any psychological states I may be in at the time correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. For Williams, which of the following isnt a difference between his first and second case?

The first case doesnt involve someone experience a change in psychology correct incorrect

The person predicted to experience pain in the second case is me correct incorrect

The presentation of the second case doesnt make reference to another person correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. To get rid of the tension between the two presentations of the thought experiment Williams considers, he suggests . . .

Rejecting the view that identity is a matter of psychological continuity. correct incorrect

Accepting that the matter is simply conceptually undecidable. correct incorrect

Rejecting the importance of identity in the first place. correct incorrect

None of the above. correct incorrect

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. Williams isnt sure that it would be question begging to say that A and B exchange bodies.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. The case in which A and Bs respective psychologies become associated with their respective bodies speaks in favor of the bodily continuity view of personal identity.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. For Williams, not all things regarded as evil will merit fear in the future.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect