ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

Why the “You” in an Afterlife Wouldn’t Really Be You

By Michael Shermer — 2017

Memories, points of view and the self.

Read on www.scientificamerican.com

FindCenter Post-Image
59:02

Identity with John Perry - Conversations with History

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor John Perry who discusses the evolution of his thinking on the problem of identity. Topics covered also include: how a philosopher thinks, philosophical thinking and public discourse, and what philosophy and humor have in common.

Video
John Perry
2009
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
09:44

Arguments Against Personal Identity: Crash Course Philosophy #20

How can Daenerys Targaryen help us understand personal identity? Find out as Hank continues our exploration of personal identity, learning about Hume’s bundle theory and Parfit’s theory of survival through psychological connectedness.

Video
2016
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

#3 Sanjay Bakshi: Why Mental Models

In this episode, I chat with professor and value investing genius Sanjay Bakshi about the power of mental models, multidisciplinary thinking, reading, and acquiring worldly wisdom.

Podcast
The Knowledge Project Podcast
2015
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Personal Identity

This volume brings together the vital contributions of distinguished past and contemporary philosophers to the important topic of personal identity.

Book
John Perry
2025
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Dialogue on Consciousness: Minds, Brains, and Zombies

John Perry revisits the cast of characters of his classic A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality in this absorbing dialogue on consciousness. Cartesian dualism, property dualism, materialism, the problem of other minds . . .

Book
John Perry
2018
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality

Perry’s excellent dialogue makes a complicated topic stimulating and accessible without any sacrifice of scholarly accuracy or thoroughness. Professionals will appreciate the work’s command of the issues and depth of argument, while students will find that it excites interest and imagination.

Book
John Perry
1978
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
08:33

Personal Identity: Crash Course Philosophy #19

Today Hank is building on last week’s exploration of identity to focus on personal identity. Does it in reside in your body? Is it in the collective memories of your consciousness? There are, of course, strengths and weaknesses to both of these ideas, and that’s what we’re talking about today.

Video
2016
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
26:47

Can Dualism Explain Consciousness?

Dualism claims reality has two parts, a physical and a nonphysical (mental or spiritual), both equally real. Dualism is believed by most people but rejected by most philosophers and scientists. Featuring interviews with Yujin Nagasawa, Richard Swinburne, Jaron Lanier, Bede Rundle, and Peter Forrest.

Video
Jaron Lanier
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Imaginary: A Phenomenological Psychology of the Imagination

A cornerstone of Sartre’s philosophy, The Imaginary was first published in 1940. Sartre had become acquainted with the philosophy of Edmund Husserl in Berlin and was fascinated by his idea of the 'intentionality of consciousness' as a key to the puzzle of existence.

Book
Jean-Paul Sartre
2025
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Spectrum of Consciousness

Wilber’s groundbreaking synthesis of religion, philosophy, physics, and psychology started a revolution in transpersonal psychology.

Book
Ken Wilber
1993
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Afterlife