From b038b418254963c687a0e2d7bfb5644933ce317a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Runxi Yu <a@andrewyu.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 09:51:48 +0800
Subject: Identity over time - heading level decrease

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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from others. Two layers of analysis are applied to uniqueness — the
 <em>identification</em> of the uniqueness of personal identity at a set
 time compared with other individual entities, and the
 <em>continuity</em> of the person’s uniqueness over time.</p>
-<h1 id="the-individuality-of-me">The Individuality of “Me”</h1>
+<h2 id="the-individuality-of-me">The Individuality of “Me”</h2>
 <p>Aristotelianism portrays the “individual” as a distinct substance,
 differentiated from accidents such as qualities, quantities, or
 relations <span class="citation" data-cites="MetaphysicsZeta"></span>.
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ physical existence that are clearly delineated, this essay will move
 from discussing discrete individuality of our substance to the
 exploration of the uniqueness of each individual, and the possible
 continuity of this uniqueness.</p>
-<h1 id="the-uniqueness-of-me-and-its-continuity">The Uniqueness of “Me”
-and its Continuity</h1>
+<h2 id="the-uniqueness-of-me-and-its-continuity">The Uniqueness of “Me”
+and its Continuity</h2>
 <p>Canned tuna on shelves are individual identities but they are
 practically not unique to the consumer. As long as they are still in the
 shelf life, no one cares to take one can instead of another. There is
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ people’s unique characteristics through these three lens, and how they
 are continued with the passage of time. I hereby propose that the
 uniqueness of a person is preserved over time if the person’s unique
 characteristics are preserved over time.</p>
-<h2 id="biological-identity-and-its-continuity">Biological Identity and
-Its Continuity</h2>
+<h3 id="biological-identity-and-its-continuity">Biological Identity and
+Its Continuity</h3>
 <p>“On average, the cells in your body are replaced every 7 to 10 years”
 <span class="citation" data-cites="what-cells"></span>. Despite the
 tempting but inaccurate interpretation that human bodies are renewed
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ collection of components but in the properties that emerge therefrom.
 The fact that our identity makers such as our DNA sequence,
 fingerprints, and immunity transcend over time warrants the conclusion
 that our biological identity spans diachronically.</p>
-<h2 id="empirical-identity-and-its-continuity-memory">Empirical identity
-and Its Continuity: Memory</h2>
+<h3 id="empirical-identity-and-its-continuity-memory">Empirical identity
+and Its Continuity: Memory</h3>
 <p><span class="citation" data-cites="LockeHumanUnderstanding"></span>
 postulates the memory theory of identity. A person’s identity is tied to
 their memory, i.e. their ability to recognize their past experiences as
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ themselves along the temporal axis is their remembering or being able to
 remember the knowledge assembly, the episodes to which they were witness
 or agent, and also the skills they acquire and stay. Personal identity
 consists in memory.</p>
-<h2 id="social-identity">Social identity</h2>
+<h3 id="social-identity">Social identity</h3>
 <p>Our identity is not only biologically and empirically determined, it
 is also socially constructed.</p>
 <p>According to <span class="citation"
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ could legitimately renew our identity every few years or months.
 Property rights would be bygone and personal relationships chaotic since
 filial, marital relationships vanished together with the continuity of
 social identity.</p>
-<h1 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h1>
+<h2 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h2>
 <p>My identity emerges from my unique biological, empirical and social
 properties. In my case, all three of these properties have continuously
 developed since I was ten, but always with some constancy, be it the
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