do I nonetheless continue living (in the sense of, say, anticipating the same kinds of experiences)?
Does who continue living? The question isn’t what experiences this or that copy or upload or person-who-came-out-of-the-transporter or whatever has. The question is generally who that copy/upload/etc is.
understanding the nature of identity
What I’m trying to say is that there is no actual “nature of identity”.
Nobody’s disagreeing about anything physical, or anything measurable, or even about the logical implications of some set of premises. People are saying “yes, that would still be me”, or “no, that would not still be me”, based on exactly the same facts (and often exactly the same anticipated experiences, depending on the “what has qualia” thing).
Does who continue living? The question isn’t what experiences this or that copy or upload or person-who-came-out-of-the-transporter or whatever has. The question is generally who that copy/upload/etc is.
What I’m trying to say is that there is no actual “nature of identity”.
Nobody’s disagreeing about anything physical, or anything measurable, or even about the logical implications of some set of premises. People are saying “yes, that would still be me”, or “no, that would not still be me”, based on exactly the same facts (and often exactly the same anticipated experiences, depending on the “what has qualia” thing).