[extropy-chat] Survival tangent (was Just curious, it's not natural!)

[Lee Corbin]

Russell writes

> On 11/2/06, Jef Allbright <jef at jefallbright.net> wrote:
> > (2) Some people have "moved up" beyond the common-sense
> > description of personal identity to embrace the broader
> > "patternist" definition but have yet to embrace an even more
> > general description based on agency rather than
> > physical/functional similarity.

> I'm curious, what's your definition of identity based on agency?
> (I remember your general "wider contexts" philosophy and there's
> some validity in it, but not sure how it bears on the question of identity.) 

I second the motion.

Lee

P.S.  Okay, overcome with guilt, I'll add some substance
to my post here. Jef earlier wrote: "I don't in fact believe
that a person is fully and effectively defined by their values,
beliefs and memories."  All right then, provide an example.