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    Challenges→The Buddhist claim conflates the absence of a Cartesian ego-substance with the absence of any identity-constituting relation, which are logically distinct positions.

    Buddhist texts (Milinda Panha, Samyutta Nikaya) explicitly reject both substance AND continuity-based identity, suggesting Buddhists don't merely reject substrates but identity-relations themselves.

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    Key Terms

    Buddhist texts(as historical sources for Buddhist philosophy)
    Ancient writings from Buddhism that record the teachings and philosophical ideas of Buddha and his followers.
    Continuity-based identity(as a concept Buddhist philosophy rejects)
    The idea that something remains 'the same thing' because it continues or changes gradually over time, without any sudden breaks.
    Identity(Adams treats identity statements as a variety of atomic formula rather than a logical truth exempt from existence presuppositions)
    A relation between an object and itself, expressed as an atomic formula (a=a), subject to the same existence-entailment conditions as other atomic predicates under GSA
    Identity-relations(as what Buddhist philosophy rejects entirely)
    The connections or rules that determine what counts as the same thing at different times or in different situations.

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    Milinda Panha(as a specific Buddhist philosophical text)
    An ancient Buddhist text written as a dialogue between a Greek king named Milinda and a Buddhist monk, exploring questions about the self and identity.
    Samyutta Nikaya(as a specific Buddhist philosophical text)
    One of the oldest collections of Buddha's teachings, organized by topic, that discusses Buddhist philosophy including ideas about the self.
    substance(Spinoza's metaphysics; criteria include (i) necessity and (ii) self-subsistence)
    The fundamental existent that is wholly necessary and self-subsistent, not depending on anything else for its existence

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