From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Tue Jun 05 2001 - 12:18:40 MDT
Samantha Atkins wrote,
> Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> > No, I do not think the two year old Harvey is the same as the
> current me. I
> > cannot control the two year old's body with my mental thoughts.
> I cannot
> > experience the two-year-old's sensory input in my mind. I cannot even
>
> You could say the same of yourself as of last week. So what?
So, I was answering a question about whether the two-year-old Harvey is the
same as the current me.
> > detect that the two-year-old exists. He is dead and gone. He
> has no affect
> > on my current situation. My current existence is in no way connected to
>
> Really. No much about psychology?
I literally meant the word "current" and "connected". My *current*
existence is in no way *connected* to that two-year-old child anymore. I do
not dispute that I was *formerly* connected to that two-year-old child at a
former time.
> So, you have no dependence on all the myriad processes and
> processing of sensations, precepts, memories, concepts and so on
> that take place outside your conscious attention? Interesting.
No, I do not claim this.
> If all of these obvious parts of what most people would think of
> as *you* are not *you* then what are they? If they all ceased
> would *you* still exist and be *you*?
You misunderstand my meaning. Those aspects of the two-year-old child are
no longer important to me. I still value my *current* processes,
sensations, precepts, memories, concepts and so on.
-- Harvey Newstrom <http://HarveyNewstrom.com> <http://Newstaff.com>
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