Because psychological continuity and organismic continuity diverge structurally—one admitting of branching and degrees, the other not—no single metaphysical kind can simultaneously obey both sets of persistence conditions.
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The conditions under which an object of a given kind can continue to exist; associated with kinds (e.g., lump of clay can survive squashing, statue cannot).
psychological continuity(Philosophy of personal identity)
A relation holding between a person at one time and a being at a later time when the later being inherits the memories, intentions, beliefs, and psychological states of the earlier person.