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    A resurrected person with the correct psychological conne... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The central logical problem for materialist versions of the resurrection is personal identity.

    A resurrected person with the correct psychological connections to the deceased satisfies the dominant philosophical criteria for personal identity regardless of material gaps.

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    • 1.Personal identity fundamentally depends on psychological continuity (memory, character, intentions), not physical substrate composition.
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    • 2.We already accept identity across physical change: same person at age 5 and 50 despite complete cellular replacement.
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    • 3.If psychological connections suffice for identity in normal cases, arbitrary material gaps shouldn't sever identity absent additional justification.
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    • 1.Psychological continuity alone allows multiple copies with equal claim to original identity, making the criterion incoherent for branching cases.
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    • 2.Material gaps imply causal discontinuity; without continuous physical process linking original to resurrection, the connection is merely similarity, not identity.
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    • 3.Dominant philosophical criteria (like Locke's) require direct causal chains; resurrection creates identity by fiat, not by satisfying actual continuity conditions.
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