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'The Establishment of Scientific Semantics', 'Logical Necessity' and 'The Concept of a Person'
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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 1. Self and Consciousness
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Consciousness must involve a subject, and only bodies identify subjects [Ayer]
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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body
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People own conscious states because they are causally related to the identifying body [Ayer]
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16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection
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We identify experiences by their owners, so we can't define owners by their experiences [Ayer]
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / a. Memory is Self
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Memory is the best proposal as what unites bundles of experiences [Ayer]
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Not all exerience can be remembered, as this would produce an infinite regress [Ayer]
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 6. Body sustains Self
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Personal identity can't just be relations of experiences, because the body is needed to identify them [Ayer]
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