If you were to have your brain removed from your current body, and placed into an entirely new one, and managed to  retain all of your previous thoughts and memories, would you still be able to identify yourself as the same person you were prior to the operation?

 

If yes, does this mean that forming identity based on the physical plane is moot?

 

If no, does it mean that our minds are forever limited simply by what container they happen to be sitting in?

 

Discuss.

 

Remember, there are no right answers.

Yes and no.

You'd be nearly the same mentally but being in a different body could change your way of thinking slightly. It wouldn't do anything major but I can see little thoughts being changed such as your own appearance and your opinion on it, how to do things with your body and what your body feels like. Other than that the mental part would stay pretty much the same.That is however, just identifying yourself. 

wow...well all i know is if my brain was put in a robot i'd still be xylek...or robo xylek

I would say yes. Obviously, some time in your life you have seen yourself in a mirror so there should be a  memory of that shouldn't it?And since you've retained all your previous thoughts and memories you would know what your body looks like and thus, you may recognise it.

Although your brain going into the body of an opposite gender, would change your view on things.

You only mention mind and body but you forget the soul .the mind can die and the body can rot but the soul is immortal. To answer your question youd still be you just in a different body youd identify yourself with your new body because you are aware of the transfer however it would take some time to adjust

I think that I'd have the same sense of identity, but definitely with new perspective. I'm sure that it would be different for different people, but I'm all for people's minds.

The physical plane would not be moot because the physical brain would still be the determining factor.

Probably.  Being in a new body sounds like it'd cross a wire or two in regards to your old body.  Other than that, I think I'd still be me, albeit a somewhat different me.

I'd rather not answer... I will go too much into a rant. 

According to Kingdom Hearts logic.......

We put so much emphasis on physicality that it would probably have some effect on our personal identity either way. That's what I think.