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Identical self identification argument

From Aware Theory

Self identification can include name, date of birth, age, social security number, phone number, car's vin number, etc. the closer the structure and functioning of videntireplica is to that of the original the more closely the self identification of the videntireplica will be to that of the original's self identification.


The identical self identification argument are actually a combination of arguments for the following statements:

  1. When experiments are done with the original body, and a structure and functioning (physasection) is repeated identically, at a later date, with the same original body, the self identification and the sequence that it is reported in will be identical as well.
  2. When experiments are done with the original body, and the structure and functioning (physasection) is repeated closely enough, at a later date, with the same body, the self identification and sequence it is reported will be identical as well.
  3. When experiments are done with the original body, and the structure and functioning (physasection) of the body is repeated identically to a point where a different sensepath is applied to this body asking questions about self identity in different ways, the self identity though reported in different ways, in most cased, will be the same.


Duplicating the same or closely the same structure and functioning in the same body at either a previous or later date will produce the same identical self reported self identity.

Duplicating the same or closely the same structure and functioning in a different body at either a present, previous, or later date will produce the same identical self reported self identity.


  1. When experiments are done with the original body, and when the structure and functioning is identical to the structure and functioning of the original in the future or the past, the self reported self identification will be identical.


  1. When experiments are done with other bodies that are different from the original, and when the structure and functioning in the other bodies are identical to the structure and functioning of the original the self reported self identification of these other bodies will be identical to the self reported self identification of the original.


Identity of structure and functioning produces identity of body behavior


Identical attributes argument

See also: Identical attributes argument which is a combination of the following arguments:

Identical abilities argument
Identical attention argument
Identical awareness of one's body argument
Identical awareness of one's pain argument
Identical awareness of one's surroundings argument
Identical beliefs argument
Identical desires argument
Identical emotions argument
Identical feelings argument
Identical happiness argument
Identical knowledge argument
Identical language ability argument
Identical memories argument
Identical plans argument
Identical sadness argument
Identical self identity argument
Identical self identification argument
Identical skills argument
Closely, identical attributes argument
Approximating identical attributes argument