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Locke's memory view of identity?
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You are your connected chain of memories/consciousness — not your body.
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Psychological continuity?
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An unbroken chain of memories and mental states linking you over time.
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Reid's brave officer objection?
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One man at three ages (boy → soldier → general): by memory the general is the soldier and the soldier the boy, but the general isn't the boy — a contradiction for Locke.
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Overlapping chains (the fix)?
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A links to B, B to C, so A and C are the same person even with no direct memory. Saves Locke from Reid.
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Anattā (Vasubandhu)?
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Buddhist 'no fixed self': only a changing bundle of experiences; 'the self' is a useful label.
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Hume on the self?
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Looking inward he found no fixed self — only a bundle of changing perceptions (echoes anattā).
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Continuity vs no-self?
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Continuity: a chain of memory carries you. No-self: there's no fixed you to carry. A strong essay weighs both.
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Order of the memory debate?
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Locke (memory) → Reid (objection) → Hume (no-self) → Parfit (overlapping chains; is identity what matters?).
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