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    All identity is self-identity — Carmelics
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    All identity is self-identity

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    It is hard to see how there could be any vagueness in self-identity

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    Many people recoil at the thought that the world itself could be vague or indeterminate, perhaps because they believe that indeterminacy must be a result of mismatch between what is represented (the world), and what does the representing (thought or language). Even those who don’t mind a bit of worldly vagueness may have reason to reject worldly vagueness in persistence, because this amounts to worldly vagueness in identity: it’s vague whether the original bicycle your uncle gave you is identica

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