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'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Analogy of Religion' 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 / 4. Presupposition of Self
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Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler]
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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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If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler]
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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 / 2. Mental Continuity / c. Inadequacy of mental continuity
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Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler]
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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 [Butler]
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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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