I find this article truly interesting because of its real world plausibility and because it has forced me to think in ways that I have not thought before. In Daniel Dennett’s article “Where Am I?” we must ponder where Dennett is, is he with Yorick his Brain, Hamlet his body, Hubert the computer version of his brain, or is Dennett just with Dennett. This article is so interesting because all of these possibilities are plausible Dennett could be with Yorick, his brain in a vat or any of the other possibilities. In “Where Am I?” Dennett is invited by a group of scientists to participate in a mission to retrieve a radioactive warhead a mile under Tulsa. The scientists must separate Dennett’s brain and his body due to the radioactivity of the …show more content…
This can’t be true because the power is just shut of for a matter of seconds, which wouldn’t kill either Yorick or Hamlet. Furthermore if people were to make that argument wouldn’t it be just as harmful to Dennett to be with Hamlet at that point while he is losing consciousness as it would to be with Yorick while he loses power for a few seconds? People may also make the argument against my point of Dennett having to be with Yorick when Hamlet shuts down by saying Dennett could just switch between whether he is with Yorick or Hamlet, but if that was true then Dennett should still be able to inhabit Hamlet even though the cerebral radio links are gone. Dennett cannot do that as soon as his cerebral radio links break he loses connection with Hamlet thus showing us that the cerebral links were the only thing tying Dennett to Hamlet and the fact that it was his body prior to the mission. Another point that people may try to pose against my argument is that Dennett had to be with Hamlet if Hamlet is performing actions such as recovering the warhead. On the other hand thought if Dennett was not with Yorick at this point he would have no way to control Hamlet remotely which was the whole point of the mission that was given to