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    Challenges→Although impressions are involuntary in the moment, they are subject to control in the long run through repeated assent and refusal.

    If the causal mechanism producing impressions is non-rational and sub-personal, then withholding assent addresses only the downstream symptom while leaving the generative cause intact.

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    Sub-personal(the types of descriptions Strawson argues cannot fully explain personhood)
    Referring to parts or aspects of a person that are smaller or simpler than a whole person—like individual brain cells, chemical reactions, or emotions.
    causal mechanism(as used in metaphysics and philosophy of causation)
    The process or chain of cause-and-effect by which one thing makes another thing happen.
    downstream symptom(describes what withholding assent addresses)
    An effect or consequence that appears later in a chain of events—like a fever being a symptom of an infection rather than the infection itself.
    generative cause(the deeper underlying issue that remains unaddressed)
    The original, fundamental source that creates something; the root problem rather than its visible effects.

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    impressions(Hume's theory of ideas)
    One of the two types of perception in Hume's framework, distinct from ideas.
    non-rational(describes the nature of the mechanism producing impressions)
    Something that doesn't follow logic or reason; it just happens without conscious thought, like your pupils dilating in the dark.
    withholding assent(the action someone might take in response to impressions)
    Refusing to agree with or accept something; choosing not to believe it, even if it seems true.

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