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  • 9 - Personal Ontology and Life after Death, Part 2: Mind Uploading

  • Andrew Brenner, Hong Kong Baptist University
  • Book:
    Personal Ontology
    Published online:
    07 March 2024
    Print publication:
    14 March 2024, pp 182-215

  • Summary

    This chapter examines mind uploading, in which one allegedly thwarts death by “uploading” oneself to a computer. This chapter examines various possible ontologies which might be associated with “uploaded” persons: the non-self view; the view that they would be immaterial souls; the view that they would be computers, or particular physical parts of computers; the view that they would be patterns; the view that they would be simulated objects. Various problems with each proposal are identified. An additional problem is discussed: regardless of which personal ontology is true with respect to us now (pre-upload), it seems doubtful that one could be moved into a computer by way of the processes which would be involved in mind uploading (e.g., copying one’s mental states to a computer). Finally, practical matters are considered, chief among them being the question of whether one should attempt to “upload” oneself if given the opportunity.