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    Personal identity can persist through radical memory tran... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The memory of the damned will be erased from the minds of those in Heaven

    Personal identity can persist through radical memory transformation, as Parfit's reductionist account shows identity is not all-or-nothing.

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    • 1.Identity intuitively admits degrees: we're more ourselves at 25 than at 5, suggesting non-binary persistence.
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    • 2.Psychological continuity matters for identity, not memory fidelity; gradual transformation preserves causal chains.
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    • 3.Requiring perfect memory retention for identity leads to absurd conclusions about normal aging and forgetting.
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    • 1.If identity admits degrees, 'personal identity' becomes indeterminate language; we need binary criteria for responsibility.
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    • 2.Radical memory loss severs the psychological connections that make *this person* continuous with their former self.
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