Classifying fission as 'deathless annihilation' smuggles in a Cartesian res-cogitans conception of the self that cannot be assumed without begging the question against hylomorphic and animalist accounts.

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Animalist accounts(as used in philosophy of personal identity): The philosophical view that you are fundamentally a living animal organism—so your identity is tied to your biological body, not just your mind.
Cartesian: # Cartesian "Cartesian" refers to a system of organizing space using perpendicular lines or axes (usually labeled x, y, and z) that intersect at a point called the origin, allowing you to pinpoint any location using numbers called coordinates. The term comes from René Descartes, a 17th-century French philosopher and mathematician who developed this method as a way to bridge geometry and algebra. You use it every day without thinking about it—GPS coordinates, video game graphics, and even spreadsheet cells all rely on this Cartesian coordinate system.
Deathless annihilation(as used in philosophy of personal identity): The idea that you could cease to exist as an individual without dying, because you split into multiple people who each continue living.
Hylomorphic(as describing Aquinas's account of human nature)

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