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    Challenges→Dualism appears to be a survival-friendly perspective.

    If there is no enduring soul-substance identifiable in life, dualism provides no stable metaphysical carrier whose post-mortem persistence would constitute genuine personal survival rather than mere continuation of psychological fragments.

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    Carrier(as used in metaphysics)
    Something that holds, supports, or preserves something else—here, whatever would need to exist to keep your identity alive after death.
    Personal survival(as used in metaphysics and philosophy of personal identity)
    The genuine continuation of you as an individual person, not just scattered memories or personality traits existing separately.
    Post-mortem persistence(as used in philosophy of mind and metaphysics)
    The idea that something about you—your mind, soul, or identity—continues to exist after your body dies.
    Psychological fragments(as used in philosophy of mind and personal identity)
    Individual pieces of your mental life—like separate memories, thoughts, or personality traits—that exist without being unified into a single 'you.'

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    Soul-substance(as used in metaphysics and philosophy of mind)
    A non-physical, unchanging essence or core of a person that some believe makes you 'you' and could potentially survive after death.
    dualism(philosophy of mind)
    A philosophy of mind under which persons may survive death
    metaphysical(Ayer's Logical Positivist usage)
    Language that purports to refer beyond the physical world and lacks empirical consequences, which Ayer classifies as not literally significant

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