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'fragments/reports', 'Treatise of Human Nature' and 'Truth, Correspondence, Explanation and Knowledge'
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time
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A change more obviously destroys an identity if it is quick and observed [Hume]
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Changing a part can change the whole, not absolutely, but by its proportion of the whole [Hume]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 2. Objects that Change
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If identity survives change or interruption, then resemblance, contiguity or causation must unite the parts of it [Hume]
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If a republic can retain identity through many changes, so can an individual [Hume]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 7. Intermittent Objects
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If a ruined church is rebuilt, its relation to its parish makes it the same church [Hume]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 8. Continuity of Rivers
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We accept the identity of a river through change, because it is the river's nature [Hume]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus
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The purpose of the ship makes it the same one through all variations [Hume]
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