应兰州大学哲学社会学院邀请，中南财经政法大学哲学系Michael Longenecker副教授将于2024年11月6日举办学术讲座，欢迎全校师生积极参加!

主讲人：Michael Longenecker 副教授

主持人：Berman Chan 副教授

题 目：Personal Identity, the Cosmic Thinker, and the Afterlife (个人同一性、宇宙思考者和后世)

时 间：2024年11月6日 (周三) 14：30

地 点：城关校区齐云楼304会议室

内容简介：

If a person underwent teletransportation—a process in which the person is disintegrated, and a perfect duplicate of them is created elsewhere—would the person survive? In this talk, I approach the issue by arguing for a “Cosmic-Thinker” metaphysic on which it isn’t persons or their parts that are conscious, but rather the cosmos that is conscious. I argue that, on this Cosmic-Thinker view, there’s no deep metaphysical question about the identity of persons over time. Furthermore, the deep metaphysical fact that we do care about in survival—i.e. the continuation of one’s own consciousness—is in fact preserved in teletransportation. I further apply this to the issue of an afterlife.

如果一个人经历了远距离传输，即一种将人分解并在其他地方创建一个完美复制品的过程，那么这个人是否将继续存活?在报告中，我通过论证“宇宙思考者(cosmic thinker)”的形而上学观点来探讨这个问题。该观点认为不是人或其部分拥有意识，而是宇宙(cosmos)拥有意识。我认为，从宇宙思考者的角度来看，关于人的历时同一性的深层形而上学问题并不存在。此外，我们在生存中真正关心的深层形而上学事实——即一个人自身意识的延续——实际上在远程传输中得到了保留。我将进一步用这一观点解决后世(afterlife)问题。

主讲人简介：

Michael Longenecker is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan, specializing in metaphysics, especially personal identity and its ethical implications. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame under the direction of Peter van Inwagen. Longenecker has published papers in international journals such as Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Studies, and Synthese.

Michael Longenecker，中南财经政法大学哲学系副教授，专攻形而上学，尤其是个人同一性及其伦理含义。他在圣母大学(University of Notre Dame)师从Peter van Inwagen获得博士学位。Longenecker在《澳大利西亚哲学杂志》(Australasian Journal of Philosophy)、《哲学研究》(Philosophical Studies)和《综合》(Synthese)等国际期刊上发表了论文。

主持人简介：

Berman Chan (Ph.D, Purdue) is a Canadian citizen and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lanzhou University. He works in the areas of metaethics and metaphysics, exploring the question “What is it for something to be good (excellent)?”, and also has some research interest in AI ethics.

Berman Chan，美国普渡大学博士，华裔加拿大人，现为兰州大学哲学社会学院副教授。他的研究领域包括元伦理学和形而上学，探索“某物为何是道德上善的或卓越的?” 这一问题，并对人工智能伦理有一定研究兴趣。