What makes me, me? Introductory lecture

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X and Y are qualitatively identical if they...
have the same features
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X and Y are numerically identical if they...
are one and the same thing
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According to the same parts principle...
If x and y share all the same parts, arranged in the same way, then x is numerically identical to y
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According to the gradual change principle...
If x is composed of many parts, and a single part is replaced, producing object y, then x is numerically identical to y
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What is one way to explain personal identity persisting over time?
Person x is numerically identical to person y if x can remember being person y
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X and Y are numerically identical if they...

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are one and the same thing

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According to the same parts principle...

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According to the gradual change principle...

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What is one way to explain personal identity persisting over time?

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