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Brain Transplants and Personal Identity

Dive into the intriguing cases of brain transplants, teleportation, and bionic brains to ponder concepts of personal identity. From Canavero's surgery to Locke's psychological criteria, explore the essence of self amid technological advancements and philosophical debates.

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Brain Transplants and Personal Identity

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  1. Brain Transplants and Personal Identity

  2. Case 1: Body transplant

  3. Sergio Canavero (2017) Attempt of head transplant on a patient suffering spinal muscular atrophy

  4. Some other (successful) cases

  5. Case 2: Brain transplant

  6. Shoemaker’s (1963) thought experiment

  7. MR.BROWNSON

  8. MR.BROWNSON - “What’s your name? - Brown”

  9. Case 3: Teleportation and body annihilation

  10. Parfit’s (1984) teleportation machine thought experiment

  11. ME

  12. ME

  13. REPLICA

  14. Case 1 – Canavero’s surgery Same head, different body

  15. Case 1 – Canavero’s surgery Same head, different body Case 2 – shoemaker’s brain transplant Same brain, different head and body

  16. Case 1 – Canavero’s surgery Same head, different body Case 3 – parfit’s teleportation All, including brain and body, are replicated Case 2 – shoemaker’s brain transplant Same brain, different head and body

  17. Personal Identity • Physical criteria: person A at time t1 is identical to person B at t2 if and only if A and B have the same body or the same brain

  18. Case 4: Bionic brain

  19. Personal Identity • Psychological criteria: person A at time t1 is identical to person B at t2 if and only if A and B are mentally continuous.

  20. Personal Identity • John Locke (1689) Person B at t2needs to be aware of having been person A at t1. Even if I have changed my body (being this a replica of my old one or a new body where my brain has been transplanted), I haven’t lost my experiences, and my mental processes are still the same

  21. Case 5: Brain in a vat

  22. Bernard Williams (1970) brain-state transfer device

  23. ADRIANA’S SELF

  24. ADRIANA’S SELF

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