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    Supports→A unitary enduring self must exist as the subject that unifies cross-modal perceptual judgements.

    It is possible to make trans-modality judgements that compare the deliverances of different sense-faculties (e.g., judging that a visually perceived object and a tactilely perceived object are identical).

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    deliverances(epistemology)
    Information or messages that your senses send to your brain; basically, what your senses tell you about the world.
    modality(Used in the context of modal ontological arguments where accessibility relations between possible worlds determine what is possible or necessary)
    Talk of possibility and necessity
    sense-faculties(philosophy of perception)

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    Your five senses (sight, touch, taste, smell, hearing) and the abilities they give you to perceive the world.
    tactilely perceived(philosophy of perception)
    Something you know about through touch; tactile means related to the sense of touch.
    trans-modality judgements(epistemology (how we know things))
    Decisions or conclusions your brain makes that combine information from different senses—like when you recognize that the thing you're looking at is the same thing you're touching.
    visually perceived(philosophy of perception)
    Something you know about through sight; visual means related to what you see with your eyes.

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    The idea here is that the possibility of recognitive experience presupposes the existence of a unitary enduring self. There are really two arguments compressed here. One is this: I cannot remember an object unless I have seen it earlier—I cannot remember what you have seen (cf. Locke’s account of personal identity in terms of a continuity of memory experiences). The other argument is more intricate. The Abhidharma Buddhist claims that a person is just an aggregate of experiences, some visual, so

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