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    The claim presupposes a robust metaphysics of personal id... — Carmelics
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    The claim presupposes a robust metaphysics of personal identity that Parfit and Buddhist no-self traditions have given independent philosophical grounds to reject.

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    • 1.Parfit demonstrates that personal identity lacks the deep metaphysical significance we intuitively assume through his fission thought experiments.
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    • 2.Buddhist philosophy independently developed rigorous arguments that the self is a convenient fiction composed of aggregates, not a unified entity.
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    • 3.If two independent intellectual traditions reach similar conclusions about personal identity, this convergence provides stronger evidence than either alone.
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    • 1.Parfit and Buddhist thinkers disagree fundamentally on metaphysics—Parfit's reductionism doesn't entail no-self, only that identity is not what matters most.
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    • 2.A claim's presuppositions about identity can be sound even if robust metaphysical identity doesn't exist—pragmatic or conventional identity suffices.
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    • 3.Convergence between philosophical traditions may reflect shared conceptual frameworks rather than independent discovery of metaphysical truth.
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