Unit 1: Core theme — Being human
Topic 1.1: Identity Questions
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De Beauvoir's line 'one is not born, but becomes, a woman' argues that:
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The freedom worry about cultural identity is:
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The ship of Theseus asks whether a thing stays the same when:
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A weakness of the body view is that it must say:
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True or false? On de Beauvoir's view, being a woman is a role society shapes, not just a biological fact.
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Personal identity is about which kind of sameness?
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Can a FALSE belief be part of someone's identity? A defensible answer is:
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The Buddhist idea of anattā claims that:
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The ship of Theseus puzzle most directly pressures:
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True or false? Parfit separates the question 'is it still me?' from the question 'what should I care about?'.
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The body-swap thought experiment is used to:
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True or false? Locke holds that you could be the same person even in a completely different body.
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The 'overlapping chains' idea saves the memory view by:
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Cultural identity is the part of who you are that comes from:
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Identity 'over time' is the question of how you stay the same while:
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A top-band Paper 1 Section A answer on identity mainly:
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Why does making TWO teleporter copies threaten 'survival as a pattern'?
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