Philosophy Question What is the point of the discussion of caramel-filled chocol
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Philosophy QuestionWhat is the point of the discussion of caramel-filled chocolates in the reading "A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality" by Perry John, page 5? Philosophy Question
What is the point of the discussion of caramel-filled chocolates in the reading "A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality" by Perry John, page 5? Philosophy Question
What is the point of the discussion of caramel-filled chocolates in the reading "A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality" by Perry John, page 5?
Explanation / Answer
The point of discussion is that the swirls in choclates are correlated with caramel filling. This is because of the experience of eating many number of choclates with that specific kind of swirl to be associated with caramel filling over the years. If we have not experienced this, we would not associate or correlate the swirls in the candy with caramel filling. Similarly, we have no way of testing the hypothesis that sameness of body means sameness of self.