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A New Theory of Open Individualism

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Presenting a new theory of Open Individualism.

My colleague Andrés recently wrote about various theories of personal identity, and how a lack of a clear consensus here poses a challenge to ethics. From his post : In Ontological Qualia I discussed three core views about personal identity. For those who have not encountered these concepts, I recommend reading that article for an expanded discussion. In brief: 1. Closed Individualism: You start existing when you are born, and stop when you die. 2. Empty Individualism: You exist as a “time-slice” or “moment of experience.” 3. Open Individualism: There is only one subject of experience, who is

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