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teletransportation paradox: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of mind

thought experiments about a machine that destroys a person and builds an exact replica elsewhere, used to ask whether personal identity is what matters in survival.

In philosophy of mind, teletransportation paradox refers to thought experiments about a machine that destroys a person and builds an exact replica elsewhere, used to ask whether personal identity is what matters in survival. This meaning comes from Parfit (1986) in Reasons and Persons.[1]

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References

Parfit, D. (1986). Reasons and Persons. Oxford University PressOxford. https://doi.org/10.1093/019824908x.001.0001

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