"So It Goes" Self-Quiz

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. According to Buddhists . . .

We have enduring selves. correct incorrect

Presentism is the best philosophy of time. correct incorrect

The notion of an enduring self is a harmful illusion. correct incorrect

Selfhood is a matter of psychological connections over time. correct incorrect

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. According to Derek Parfit, if we give up the notion that we're enduring selves, then . . .

Our practices will fall apart correct incorrect

We will stop being egoists and our lives will improve correct incorrect

We will start being egoists and our lives will get worse correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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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 correct incorrect

We take ourselves to be referring to two different temporal parts correct incorrect

We assume a presentist philosophy of time correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. If one accepts eternalism, which of the following is true?

We exist as enduring selves correct incorrect

Only the present exists correct incorrect

Time passes us, as though we are standing in a river correct incorrect

There is no more to time than temporal relations correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best describes what Velleman means by a "perduring" self?

A self that exists through time's passage correct incorrect

A self that exists wholly at any given time correct incorrect

A self, the temporal parts of which fill time correct incorrect

A self that exists only at the present correct incorrect

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. Buddhists deny that we have enduring selves.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Parfit is hostile to Buddhist views.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Velleman suggests the idea of an enduring self arises from the structure of experience and experiential memory.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect