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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

7822	A neo-Stoic movement began in the late sixteenth century [Lipsius, by Grayling]

2. Reason / E. Argument / 7. Thought Experiments

5515	Imaginary cases are good for revealing our beliefs, rather than the truth [Parfit]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction

5516	Reduction can be by identity, or constitution, or elimination [Parfit, by PG]

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

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No sortal could ever exactly pin down which set of particles count as this 'cup' [Schaffer,J]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects

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Identities can be true despite indeterminate reference, if true under all interpretations [Schaffer,J]

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 1. Identity and the Self

5514	Psychologists are interested in identity as a type of person, but philosophers study numerical identity [Parfit]

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

5521	If my brain-halves are transplanted into two bodies, I have continuity, and don't need identity [Parfit]

5522	Over a period of time what matters is not that 'I' persist, but that I have psychological continuity [Parfit]

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

5519	It is fine to save two dying twins by merging parts of their bodies into one, and identity is irrelevant [Parfit]

5520	If two humans are merged surgically, the new identity is a purely verbal problem [Parfit]

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

5518	It doesn't matter whether I exist with half my components replaced (any more than an audio system) [Parfit]