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    Supports→Biomedical enhancements are not less authentic than traditional methods of self-improvement.

    If traditional self-improvement through education reshapes cognition authentically, then neurochemical reshaping of cognition differs only in mechanism, not in its relationship to selfhood.

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    Selfhood(as used in philosophy of mind and ethics)
    Your sense of identity and who you are as a person—what makes you distinctly you.
    authentically(as used in existential philosophy and discussions of human flourishing)
    In a genuine, real way; functioning as it's actually meant to, without being corrupted, blocked, or held back by external forces.
    cognition(Interpretation of Kant's use of 'cognition' (Erkenntnis) as pertaining to meaning/intelligibility rather than merely knowledge)
    A semantic notion (on the interpretation described)
    differs only in mechanism, not in relationship(as used in this logical comparison)
    Two things may work in different ways, but the end result or what they mean for your identity is the same.
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    (Nineteenth-century scientific worldview that challenged interactionist dualism)
    The scientific and philosophical view that the physical world is causally closed and that all events are explicable solely in terms of physical laws
    neurochemical(as used in philosophy of mind and neuroscience)
    Related to the chemicals in your brain (like dopamine or serotonin) that affect how your brain works and how you feel.
    reshaping cognition(as used in this statement about self-improvement)
    Changing the way your mind works or thinks—whether through learning, drugs, meditation, or other methods.

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