For 5, what do you mean by «
an arbitrary number of named individuals»?
Not exact matches
On these terms, the self could conceivably remain «nothing but» an
arbitrary label for those accretions
of flesh that bear proper
names or social security
numbers.
All human societies have many apparently
arbitrary practices that persist for centuries or even millennia — writing systems, counting systems, sets
of number signs, and calendars, to
name just a few examples.