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Is this a good reason for believing that they are not the same?<\/li>\n<li>Does seeing something provide us with knowledge?<\/li>\n<li>If you have good reasons for believing something, do you know it?<\/li>\n<li>What makes a moose a moose? A cow a cow?<\/li>\n<li>Is there something essential that makes us what we are? If so, what is it?<\/li>\n<li>Would we stop being what we are if we lost part of ourselves? What part?<\/li>\n<li>Does what we are change over time? 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