Split Brains and Personal Identity Derek Parfit

Split Brains and Personal Identity Derek Parfit

Parfit argues for the Bundle Theory of Personal Identity and against the Ego Theory. But, if he is right, then an “I,” a unitary self, doesn’t exist. Explain the Ego Theory and Parfit’s argument against the Ego Theory and for the Bundle Theory. How is this a criticism of Descartes?

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The ego theory is the concept that there exists a single observer who encounters life. This theory claims that there is a constant self that is comprised of our sensory encounters. The ego connects to the exterior world (Lapsley and Power, 2012). The bundles theory claims that an…
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