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    It is not the case that Re-identifying immaterial souls by re-identifying their embodiment is not always possible.

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    • 1.Bodily continuity, even when disputed, remains the primary criterion by which personal identity is adjudicated in practice across legal and social institutions.
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    • 2.The impossibility of resolution in edge cases does not undermine the general reliability of embodiment as a re-identification method for souls.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Locke's distinction between personal identity and substance identity shows that psychological continuity—memory and consciousness—can re-identify persons independently of bodily or soul-substance tracking.
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    • 2.If immaterial souls can be re-identified through psychological continuity chains rather than embodiment, then the failure of bodily re-identification does not entail the failure of soul re-identification.
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    • Prior at least to the advent of DNA testing, cases of disputed identity could not always be settled by re-identifying bodies.
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