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Ideas for 'Nature and Observability of Causal Relations', 'Twilight of the Idols' and 'Treatise of Human Nature'

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16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct

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There are no 'individual' persons; we are each the sum of humanity up to this moment [Nietzsche]

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self

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A continuous lifelong self must be justified by a single sustained impression, which we don't have [Hume]

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When I introspect I can only observe my perceptions, and never a self which has them [Hume]

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We pretend our perceptions are continuous, and imagine a self to fill the gaps [Hume]

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Identity in the mind is a fiction, like that fiction that plants and animals stay the same [Hume]