What makes me, me? Identity and personal identity

What is an objection to the memory condition for identity persistence?

We don't remember our early childhoods

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iff:

if and only if

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Diachronic:

over-time

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Why is “Two people are numerically identical iff one person can remember being the other” an incorrect statement?

Two people, being two, are never numerically identical

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Why is “My identity has changed over the years; I am not the same person I used to be" an incorrect statement?

Personal identity is arguably not a property and certainly not one in respect of which a person can change

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Select the true statement about persistence conditions

The persistence conditions for different kinds of things are different

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The law of transitivity:

Necessarily, if x = y and y = z, then x = z

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iff:

if and only if

Diachronic:

Why is “Two people are numerically identical iff one person can remember being the other” an incorrect statement?

Why is “My identity has changed over the years; I am not the same person I used to be" an incorrect statement?

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