Brahman-Atman identity posits the individual self (Atman) is identical to ultimate reality (Brahman)
Brahman-Atman identity posits the individual self (Atman) is identical to ultimate reality (Brahman)
the Buddhist concept of anatta (no-self) claims
Anatta: No permanent, unchanging self exists
Nominalism
Nominalism claims only particular things exist, universals are just names
Kripke's Naming and Necessity showed
Kripke's Naming and Necessity showed identity statements like 'water is H₂O' are necessary a posteriori
Problem of universals
Universals question independent existence
Epiphenomenalism
Epiphenomenalism posits that consciousness is a by-product of physical brain states
Theory of forms
Plato's Theory of Forms posits abstract perfect Forms are more real than physical copies
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