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    It is not the case that Restoration of life is quite different from revival.

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    • 1.The capacity for vital activities admits of degrees rather than a binary present/absent state, as Aristotle's hylomorphic account of soul suggests.
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    • 2.If vitality is scalar, the threshold distinguishing 'diminished vitality' from 'lost vitality' is arbitrary, collapsing the revival/restoration distinction.
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    • 1.Parfit's reductionist account of personal identity entails that what matters in survival is psychological continuity, not the restoration of a biological capacity.
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    • 2.If biological capacity-restoration is neither necessary nor sufficient for the persistence of the entity that matters, revival and restoration are functionally equivalent under the description that is philosophically relevant.
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    • 1.Something can be revived only if it is alive—only if it has the capacity to deploy vital activities.
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    • 2.Something is revived when it regains vitality.
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    • 3.Something's life can be restored only if it has lost its capacity for vital activities.
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