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Concepts

A concept is a term that shows up in more than one theory. Opening a concept lists every connected entry, so vocabulary stays consistent.

The picture in which a change in history produces another continuing world.

1 linked theory

The fact of experience — that there is something it is like to be a subject.

1 linked theory

The strongest alternative reading the author is willing to write down.

3 linked theories

Information supported by reliable external sources a reader can inspect.

2 linked theories

A proposed explanation that has not been established.

2 linked theories

What a history, a memory, or a world still contains — and whether that can disappear.

1 linked theory

The author’s explanation of an observation.

3 linked theories

The practice of labeling a claim by kind — fact, observation, interpretation, hypothesis, or speculation.

3 linked theories

A record of something noticed or documented, prior to explanation.

2 linked theories

How a person can become someone their earlier self would barely recognize.

1 linked theory

The question of what makes someone the same person across change and time.

1 linked theory

A consequence that should show up if a hypothesis is on the right track.

2 linked theories

What is being claimed to exist, persist, or obtain — as opposed to a story.

2 linked theories

The idea, from relativity, that time is connected to space rather than sitting apart from it.

1 linked theory

An idea that is currently highly uncertain.

3 linked theories

A structured imaginary scenario used to test a concept, not to report a measurement.

2 linked theories

The imagined possibility of moving among times other than the present.

1 linked theory