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• Hopefully, I may complete, or get stuck, earlier.
• I had hoped to complete this phase of my research by my 65th birthday – ie. by 13/11/2018. Previously, I’ve remarked “This is not to slip!” Unfortunately, the distraction of the problems with Coxes Farm – as well as a general lack of focus – have meant that it has!
• On the plus side, I’m already much further advanced than would be expected of someone commencing a PhD.
• On the minus side, I want to go into much greater depth, and have other projects on the go – most notably Music, Philosophy of Religion, Bridge, Chess and – particularly – my Web-tools project.
• The original reason for deferring to my 65th birthday was that this is when I became eligible for my State Pension. This may not be much to live on – but it is a quite generous supplement which would make a significant contribution towards the fees and expenses, which prior thereto I couldn’t afford.
• Unfortunately, my state pension (and Julie’s, for that matter) has been more than gobbled up by payments on the – now four – mortgages I’ve had to take out to cover the repairs to Coxes Farm. We’ll be repaying that until 2031, by which time I’ll be 77.

• This used to say “complete a thesis …”, which is obviously impossible, given that my idea of a thesis is way in excess of what is required.

• This is still ludicrously inadequate for what I want to achieve, but is approximately what would be expected of a part-time research student.

• This is obviously far too long, and keeps getting items “carried forward” tacked on to it.
• Maybe I’ll prune it next time.

• This might also help with my Note on Forward Psychological Continuity.

• This paper covers the 'Loose and Popular' vs 'Strict and Philosophical' senses of identity, amongst much else.

• And as background material, for this and related paradoxes, read:-
  → "Craig (William Lane) - McTaggart's Paradox and the Problem of Temporary Intrinsics",
  → "Kuhn (Steven) - Prisoner’s Dilemma",
  → "Lewis (David) - Prisoners' Dilemma is a Newcomb Problem",
  → "Nozick (Robert) - Newcomb's Problem and Two Principles of Choice",
  → "Wikipedia - Newcomb's Paradox"

• This list will hopefully diminish over time, as I read the works, so will no longer look balanced.

• Neither sub-topic is really part of my research into the metaphysics of personal identity, but it's become such an important topic of late - one on which I'm largely ignorant and need to have a considered opinion.

• Also look through other works by Andy Clark to get a handle on what he means by 'patterns in information space'.

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