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    One can coherently say 'no permanent self-essence exists'... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The Buddhist claim conflates the absence of a Cartesian ego-substance with the absence of any identity-constituting relation, which are logically distinct positions.

    One can coherently say 'no permanent self-essence exists' while accepting 'this person tomorrow will be constituted by today's mental states'—these make different metaphysical claims.

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    Coherently(as describing how these functions work together)
    In a way that is logically consistent and doesn't contradict itself.
    Constituted by(describing what conditions would make something true)
    Made up of or determined by; in this case, what things would need to happen for something to count as true.
    Self-essence(discussing whether personal identity has a fixed foundation)
    The idea that there's some permanent, unchanging core or fundamental nature that makes you 'you' throughout your entire life.
    mental states(Herder's theory of mind)
    Conditions consisting in forces that manifest themselves in people's bodily behavior, conceptually tied to corresponding types of bodily behavior but not reducible thereto
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