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It is not the case that What is contingently formative of a self's character cannot be what is fundamental to its existence as a self.
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A self has no properties or identity independent of its constitutive experiences, dispositions, and character traits.
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The distinction between 'fundamental existence' and 'character formation' presupposes a bare self apart from all qualities—which may be incoherent.
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Even if character is contingently acquired, it becomes essential retroactively—what we are now cannot be separated from how we became this way.
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A self's fundamental existence must be logically prior to its character formation, not dependent on contingent empirical facts.
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Contingent properties (those that could be otherwise) cannot ground necessary truths about what something essentially is.
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If character were fundamental to selfhood, loss or radical change of character would necessitate loss of self—but we reject this.
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