Homework on Elizabeth Schecter, Self-consciousness and "split" brains


All answers must be in your own words.


1. What is some evidence that in split brain cases there are two different thinkers in one body? (2pts)

2. Why, according to Schecter, is the split brain patient really just a single person? (2pts)

3. To what extent would Brison agree or disagree with Schecter (about whether a split brain patient is one person)? Why? (2pts)

4. What does Olson's view say about split brain patients? According to his view, is the patient one or two people? Are they numerically identical to any person who existed before the surgery? Explain. (2pts)

5. What would the psychological continuity view (the "standard view") say about split brain patients? Would it say that the patient is one or two people? Are they numerically identical to any person who existed before the surgery? Explain. (2pts)