A self is a narrative

center of gravity.

support support support

A self is a story made Any story made up A narrative center All fictional A self is an All abstract
up about oneself by about oneself by of gravity is a characters are real abstract temporal temporal series of
oneself to explain oneself to explain fictional character. selves. series of identities. identities are
oneself. oneself is a narrative centers of
narrative center of gravity.
gravity.

oppose
Fictional Fictonal characters Whatever does not
characters are not do not have have
real selves. consciousness or consciousness or
support
Whenever two A self has five A narrative center free will. free will is not a
things, x and y, properties: 1) can of gravity has five real self.
have the same 5 be used to make properties: 1) can
properties, then x predictions about be used to make
is y. how one's body predictions about
and others' bodies how one's body
support
will behave; 2) can and others' bodies Fictional Novelists invent Whatever is
figure in causal will behave; 2) can characters do not their characters. invented by a
explanations about figure in causal exist. novelist does
human bodies; 3) explanations about not exist.
can be human bodies; 3)
manipulated; 4) can be
can move around manipulated; 4)
in space and time; can move around
and 5) can be in space and time;
discontinuous. and 5) can be
discontinuous.

oppose
Two things might Whenever two
share the same 5 things, x and y,
properties and differ in at least
differ in not sharing one of their
other properties. properties, x is not
y.