I don’t think there’s a consensus on this, and I suspect it’s because there’s no truth to be had. There’s no territory that matches any map of these concepts.
Personally, I model my identity as gradually changing, not constant. Me and yesterday-me are very similar, but there are a lot of differences from 25-year-ago-me. Legally, debts and assets follow, but psychologically that person is only partly-me. Embedded in this model is that I’m using a distance model of brain-state, not a continuity measure of how gradual or smooth the changes have been.
Anesthesia is probably more change than a night’s sleep, but less than a year’s activity and sleeps.
I don’t think there’s a consensus on this, and I suspect it’s because there’s no truth to be had. There’s no territory that matches any map of these concepts.
Personally, I model my identity as gradually changing, not constant. Me and yesterday-me are very similar, but there are a lot of differences from 25-year-ago-me. Legally, debts and assets follow, but psychologically that person is only partly-me. Embedded in this model is that I’m using a distance model of brain-state, not a continuity measure of how gradual or smooth the changes have been.
Anesthesia is probably more change than a night’s sleep, but less than a year’s activity and sleeps.