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    It is not the case that The conceptual and evidential ties between memory and personal identity do not license analyzing personal identity in terms of memory

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    • 1.Memory is tied to personal identity conceptually and evidentially
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    • 2.Conceptual and evidential connections do not entail a metaphysical connection
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    • 3.Only a metaphysical connection would license analyzing personal identity in terms of memory
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    • 1.Reid's circularity argument shows memory-based analyses presuppose personal identity, making them viciously circular rather than explanatory.
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    • 2.If remembering an experience requires being the person who had it, then identity cannot be grounded in memory without presupposing what it explains.
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    • 1.Parfit's fission cases demonstrate memory continuity can hold between numerically distinct persons, so memory continuity underdetermines personal identity facts.
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    • 2.Any relation that fails to guarantee uniqueness cannot serve as the metaphysical ground of the one-to-one relation that personal identity requires.
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