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PARFIT, DEREK

1942–2017

Personal Identity (The Ref-ID Is Enough)

Parfit: what matters in survival is psychological continuity, not strict identity; the question am I the same person? is in many cases empty. The GAI's `ref_id` (§3.2) operates under Parfit's permission. The entry persists through revisions, deletions of fields, even the applicant's death. Identity is not what matters. Continuity of record is what matters. We have unbundled the metaphysics. The bone remains.

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