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    It is not the case that When psychological continuity branches, the identity relation itself becomes indeterminate, generating genuine contradictions rather than merely apparent ones, as Parfit argues in Reasons and Persons.

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    • 1.Indeterminacy of identity is not contradiction; it reflects that identity is a conventional/practical relation, not metaphysically determinate.
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    • 2.The demand that identity be everywhere determinate assumes classical logic applies to personal identity—but branching cases may require non-classical frameworks.
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    • 3.Parfit himself denies that genuine contradictions arise; he argues indeterminacy shows identity is not 'what matters' in survival, dissolving the puzzle.
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    • 1.Identity is a transitive, determinate relation, but psychological continuity can branch into multiple equally-qualified continuers.
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    • 2.When logic demands 'X is identical to Y' and 'X is identical to Z' but Y≠Z, we face genuine contradiction, not mere indeterminacy.
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    • 3.Treating branching cases as merely indeterminate masks the logical problem by retreating to epistemic uncertainty rather than ontological clarity.
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