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The brain and PERSONA are related because [1] describes Derek Parfit's reductionist claim that a person’s existence consists in the existence of a brain and body along with interrelated physical and mental events, directly tying the brain to personal identity.
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Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
quoteDerek Parfit identifies two prominent reductionist claims: first, that 'a person’s existence consists in the existence of a brain and body, and the occurrence of a series of interrelated physical and mental event'; and second, that '[t]hough persons exist, we could give a complete description of reality without claiming that persons exist.'