The body theories, memory theories, and soul theories all attempt to tie our personal identity to an enduring entity, be it physical or nonphysical. Perhaps that entity is a complex causal sequence/network. A.s.a. H.'s self would be the evolving patterns in its hierarchical memory like those listed in my 21 July 2016 blog. The boundary between myself and the world would be fuzzy. Are my glasses and hearing aids part of me? What about my calculator, smart phone, and computers?
If this definition of self is accurate then uploading yourself into a computer might be possible.
Perhaps a better theory of the self would be a combination of a body theory, a memory theory, and a causal network theory.
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