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"So It Goes" Self-Quiz
J. David Velleman
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According to Buddhists . . .
We have enduring selves.
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Presentism is the best philosophy of time.
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The notion of an enduring self is a harmful illusion.
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Selfhood is a matter of psychological connections over time.
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According to Derek Parfit, if we give up the notion that were enduring selves, then . . .
Our practices will fall apart
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We will stop being egoists and our lives will improve
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We will start being egoists and our lives will get worse
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None of the above
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What problem occurs when we utter sentences like I remember that I was the birthday boy?
We take ourselves to be referring twice to our present self
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We take ourselves to be referring to two different temporal parts
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We assume a presentist philosophy of time
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If one accepts eternalism, which of the following is true?
We exist as enduring selves
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Only the present exists
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Time passes us, as though we are standing in a river
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There is no more to time than temporal relations
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Which of the following best describes what Velleman means by a perduring self?
A self that exists through times passage
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A self that exists wholly at any given time
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A self, the temporal parts of which fill time
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A self that exists only at the present
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Buddhists deny that we have enduring selves.
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Parfit is hostile to Buddhist views.
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Velleman suggests the idea of an enduring self arises from the structure of experience and experiential memory.
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