Consciousness & Identity

• What is consciousness?
  • First-person experience of qualia
    • How does it arise from physical processes?
    • Is consciousness an emergent property?
  • Can consciousness exist without a body?
    • Digital consciousness possibilities
    • Panpsychism - is consciousness fundamental to reality?
• What constitutes personal identity?
  • Memory continuity
    • If I lose all my memories, am I still me?
    • What about gradual vs. sudden memory loss?
  • Physical continuity
    • Ship of Theseus problem applies to our bodies
    • Our cells replace themselves continuously
  • Psychological continuity
    • Values, beliefs, character traits
      • These change over time too