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All the ideas for 'Identity and Spatio-Temporal Continuity', 'Philosophy of Natural Science' and 'Personal Identity'

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6 ideas

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind

13128

'Ultimate sortals' cannot explain ontological categories [Westerhoff on Wiggins]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

21507

Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 5. Self as Associations

3539	Personal identity is just causally related mental states [Parfit, by Maslin]

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity

1393	One of my future selves will not necessarily be me [Parfit]

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 4. Split Consciousness

1392	If we split like amoeba, we would be two people, neither of them being us [Parfit]

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 5. Concerns of the Self

1391	Concern for our own lives isn't the source of belief in identity, it is the result of it [Parfit]