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    It is not the case that Psychological continuity of memory chains, not organizational unity, constitutes personal identity (Locke, Essay II.xxvii).

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    • 1.Memory is fallible and reconstructive; we constantly misremember. Identity should not depend on unreliable psychological states.
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    • 2.Two beings could have overlapping memory chains without being identical; memory alone cannot ground the unity required for genuine identity.
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    • 3.Amnesia victims remain the same person despite memory loss, suggesting organizational continuity, not memory, determines identity.
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    • 1.Only psychological continuity is directly accessible to us; we know our own memories but never directly access our physical substrates.
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    • 2.Identity follows continuity of consciousness: if you remember experiencing event X, you are the person who experienced X, regardless of bodily change.
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    • 3.Organizational unity (brain/body) can be replaced piecemeal; memory chains survive such replacement, making them more fundamental to identity.
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