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    It is not the case that Hume's bundle theory does not require a unified subject: the regularities of associative memory can ground functional continuity without a priori synthesis.

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    • 1.Association alone cannot explain why my memories cohere as *mine* rather than forming random collections; some binding principle seems necessary.
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    • 2.Functional continuity requires explaining what makes disparate impressions parts of one stream; memory traces don't inherently provide this unity.
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    • 3.Hume's bundle theory struggles with personal persistence across gaps in consciousness where associative chains are broken or absent.
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    • 1.Associative memory creates reliable patterns of mental succession that constitute functional identity without requiring a metaphysical subject.
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    • 2.Kant's synthetic unity presupposes the very unified subject it claims to ground, making it circular; Hume's naturalistic account avoids this.
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    • 3.Personal continuity in practice depends on memory chains, not on an underlying transcendental ego—the latter is empirically undetectable.
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