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    It is not the case that Strawson's 'Individuals' grounds personhood in the irreducible unity of psychological and physical predicates ascribable to a single subject of experience.

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    • 1.Irreducibility claims lack explanatory power: asserting unity without mechanistic account of psycho-physical interaction leaves the hard problem unresolved.
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    • 2.Dissociative and neurological cases show psychological and physical predicates can diverge significantly, challenging the claim of necessary irreducible unity.
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    • 3.Non-human animals display unified psychological-physical predicates yet we hesitate calling them 'persons,' suggesting unity alone cannot ground personhood.
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    • 1.Persons are uniquely capable of self-ascription: only subjects can ascribe both mental states ('I think') and bodily states ('I am tired') to themselves.
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    • 2.Separating mental from physical predicates creates philosophical puzzles (mind-body problem) that dissolve when treating persons as irreducible unities.
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    • 3.Our practical concept of personhood requires unified accountability: we hold one subject responsible for both actions and intentions, not mind and body separately.
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