Andrew Brown (2006) Figure. Oil pastel and charcoal on paper.
How are our perceptions, what we can know about the world, and
our self-knowledge limited by chronological age? What is the
relationship between understanding and time? Do we live in the
subjunctive rather than the present? Are consciousness and
selfhood vivid illusions? Is the soul an entirely redundant
concept? IDENTITY AND MEMORY Can a patient with Korsavov
syndrome, or other form of severe memory loss, maintain a sense
of identity? Is a functional memory for the construal of
experience a necessary prerequisite for personhood? Not all
experiential events are of equal weight. What would be the
consequences of total recall? We know that memory is necessarily
selective. How do we distinguish between what is important and
what is trivial? PERSONHOOD AND MORAL AGENCY Is language a pre-
requisite for personhood? Is a dog a person? What about a human
new-born? …a mentally-retarded teenager? …an older person with
advanced dementia? …a dolphin? …an Africa