Ideas from 'Analogy of Religion' by Joseph Butler [1736], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Personal Identity' (ed/tr Perry,John) [University of California 1975,0-520-02960-7]].
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 9. Sameness
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A tree remains the same in the popular sense, but not in the strict philosophical sense
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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 4. Presupposition of Self
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Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / a. Memory is Self
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If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / c. Inadequacy of mental continuity
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Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 5. Concerns of the Self
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If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future
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