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- ↑ Parfit, Derek (1984). Reasons and persons. Oxford [Oxfordshire]. ISBN 0-19-824615-3. OCLC 9827659.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Reid, T. and Hamilton, W. and Stewart, D. (1846). The Works of Thomas Reid, D.D.: Now Fully Collected, with Selections from His Unpublished Letters. Maclachlan and Stewart. p. 52.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Parfit, Derek. "Divided Minds and the Nature of Persons,” in Mindwaves, ed. Colin Blakemore and Susan Greenfield. Basil Blackwell, 1987, pp. 351–6.
- ↑ Badri, Adarsh (23 January 2024). "What is the Teletransportation Problem or the Duplicates Paradox? – Adarsh Badri" . Retrieved 19 February 2024.