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This work seeks to resolve the longstanding issue of personal identity without relying on invariance conditions or reductionist views.

April 1, 2026Open Access

La Profilée — Identity Without Invariance Assumptions

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The paper demonstrates a new perspective on identity, avoiding assumptions of invariance.

This work seeks to resolve the longstanding issue of personal identity without relying on invariance conditions or reductionist views.
Examines historical positions on personal identity over time.
Introduces two minimal structural conditions: determinability and real transformation.
Develops a theory that connects identity to transformation-invariant equivalence relations.
Establishes identity as a necessary concept that derives from weaker structural conditions.
Demonstrates that assumptions of invariance are not needed to discuss identity.
Shows that identity cannot collapse without damaging the foundational conditions of determinability.

Marc Maibom (2026) studied this question.

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April 1, 2026Open Access

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The paper demonstrates a new perspective on identity, avoiding assumptions of invariance.

This work seeks to resolve the longstanding issue of personal identity without relying on invariance conditions or reductionist views.
Examines historical positions on personal identity over time.
Introduces two minimal structural conditions: determinability and real transformation.
Develops a theory that connects identity to transformation-invariant equivalence relations.
Establishes identity as a necessary concept that derives from weaker structural conditions.
Demonstrates that assumptions of invariance are not needed to discuss identity.
Shows that identity cannot collapse without damaging the foundational conditions of determinability.

Marc Maibom (2026) studied this question.

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