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    It is not the case that On this view, Adam does not cease to exist but is retrospectively identified as the shared initial stage of two persisting four-dimensional entities, preserving a meaningful sense of survival.

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    • 1.Retrospective identification is merely relabeling; it doesn't explain why Adam *experiences* continuation rather than discontinuation in either branch.
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    • 2.If Adam becomes two entities post-branching, the identity relation is symmetrical but survival requires asymmetry—only one future can be *his* future.
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    • 3.Calling a stage 'shared' obscures that Adam cannot be wholly present in both futures; some original stage ceases to constitute his singular persistence.
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    • 1.Four-dimensionalism treats objects as extended through time like spatial extension, making branching into future stages metaphysically coherent.
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    • 2.Retrospective identification preserves continuity of memory, psychology, and physical matter—the standard criteria for personal survival.
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    • 3.This view avoids the absurdity that Adam simply ceases existing; instead he endures as part of two continuous space-time trajectories.
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