Personal identity theories
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One of the purposes of personal identity theories is in developing a theory proving or disproving if life after death is possible and then if it can actually exist. The problem with personal identity theories is that there is no agreement between them. Each one seems to solve part of the problem but leaves other problems that cannot be solved. Is personal identity a matter of body identity or a matter of consciousness identity or both. They are contradictory. When a theorist sticks to one solution and avoids the other he still comes up with cases that need unscientific ideas to make any sense. Such as the concepts of matter assimilation speed, or the fifty /fifty rule.