In Daniel Dennett's literary work, "Where Am I" tells the hypothetical scenario of Dennett who is approached by the Pentagon to undertake a dangerous mission where he is asked to recover a radioactive warhead. lodged deep underground. In order to recover the radioactive warhead, he must undergo brain surgery to completely remove the brain, as the waves from the warhead only affect the brain. (Page 34) Along with radioactivity affecting the brain, the Pentagon wanted to monitor brain activity. while they were underground, which is another reason for the operation. While Dennett was working underground on the warhead, his radio transmitters sending signals between his brain and body began to fail, causing him to lose control and sensation. The only thing he has to prove his existence is the ability to think. When he returns to the house where his brain is kept, the tank, he is shown a new body armed with receptors and transmitters linked to his brain. Dennett also discovered that a team of scientists overseeing the mission had made a computerized copy of his brain and its functions. Able to switch between sending and receiving signals from the computerized brain to the brain itself, Dennett essentially has two brains sending signals to one body. A more troubling development arises in the possibility that one brain separates from the other brain, but is not connected to any body. Which would mean that the brain would exist without the original body. Dennett ultimately decided to lock both brains away in the scientist's lab and move on with his life, simply switching brains via a handheld controller he carries around with him. Daniel Dennett's screenplay debates the controversial philosophical question of mind versus body. The mind...... middle of paper...... Even if Hubert was bonded to a different body and forced the new body to rob a bank, the new body would be the one in prison and not Hubert or Yorick or same DennettIn conclusion, based on these two ideas about whether Dennett would be able to survive with or without his original brain (Yorrick), I believe that Dennett would be able to survive without Yorrick. Hubert is just a replicated version of Yorrick and functions exactly the same as the original. Hubert is just a prosthetic Yorrick who could replace Yorrick if something happened to the original. After Dennett went through the initial period of adaptation, he found that personality was largely preserved. Works Cited Dennett, Daniel. “Where am I?” The Pleasure of Thinking: An Introduction to the Philosophy Reader. Ed. Stephen Hales and Scott Lowe. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. 33-44. Print.