temporarily dissolve the typical narrow conception of identity
I think a lot of discussion around here is already different from the typical narrow conception of identity. You’ll often find people talking about “past me” as an indicator that there are aspects of identity which are best modeled as a different person. One unsolved problem in probability is “to what extent is this reference class useful for this prediction”, and that gets to the underlying point I think you’re trying to make: identity is a cluster of different types of similarity, which only make sense when specifying what you intend to infer with the concept.
and draw out a feeling of unity among all forms of life.
Wow, that’s a stretch. In me, at least, it draws out a feeling of isolation from previous and future versions of me. In dissolving the notion of identity, why would that make me closer to things I now even more clearly recognize as “other”?
I think a lot of discussion around here is already different from the typical narrow conception of identity. You’ll often find people talking about “past me” as an indicator that there are aspects of identity which are best modeled as a different person. One unsolved problem in probability is “to what extent is this reference class useful for this prediction”, and that gets to the underlying point I think you’re trying to make: identity is a cluster of different types of similarity, which only make sense when specifying what you intend to infer with the concept.
Wow, that’s a stretch. In me, at least, it draws out a feeling of isolation from previous and future versions of me. In dissolving the notion of identity, why would that make me closer to things I now even more clearly recognize as “other”?