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    It is not the case that The identity of a person is constituted by specific physical brain states, as Parfit and materialist philosophers argue.

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    • 1.Brain state identity cannot explain subjective experience; identical physical states could have different qualitative feels (the hard problem).
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    • 2.Identity seems to persist through gradual neural replacement, but physicalism struggles to define which specific brain configurations matter.
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    • 3.Relations and functional roles matter as much as physical substrate; the same person could theoretically exist in different physical media.
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    • 1.Brain states are necessary and sufficient for all mental phenomena; damage to specific brain regions reliably alters identity traits.
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    • 2.Personal identity must be scientifically tractable; only physical brain states provide verifiable, observable criteria for identity continuity.
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    • 3.Psychological continuity (memory, personality) depends entirely on physical brain organization, making brain states the fundamental basis of identity.
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