Abstract Identity puzzles like the Ship of Theseus turn on two questions, not one. The first is a question of ground: in virtue of what does an object remain the same—the persistence of its matter, or the persistence of its form? The second is a question of cardinality: how many bearers is the situation allowed—one … Continue reading Ground and Cardinality: The Two Dimensions of Identity Puzzles
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What Happens When the Gita’s Core Assumption Is Removed
A general‑audience translation of the Scaffold‑Downgrade protocol, enabled by Deferential Realism's Logic The Bhagavad Gita rests on one enormous claim:the soul is eternal and cannot be destroyed. Everything Krishna tells Arjuna depends on this.So the calibration protocol asks a simple but devastating question: What if the soul is not eternal?What if it’s temporary—something that can … Continue reading What Happens When the Gita’s Core Assumption Is Removed
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