You're Being Tortured In The Morning

There is no need for much of a preamble here, except to say this activity deals with some of the issues thrown up by British philosopher, Bernard Williams's journal article "The Self and the Future", which first appeared in The Philosophical Review in April 1970.

The other thing to say is that you should read the instructions on the next page quite carefully. You'll be able to complete the activity if you don't, but the conclusions likely won't be valid.

Really Deep Thought

Most of the questions which preoccupy professional philosophers are only an elevated or technical version of the kind of question which any sentient human being asks himself or herself while burning the toast.
--Tom Stoppard.