Essays on Personal Identity

Soul theory and personal identity: A critical analysis

Of body, memory and soul, personal identity is largely dependent on the individual himself. But as change is a process that is constant with time, there is always the philosophical question that what actually remains constant in a human or any living being throughout. The knowledge of this constant should be enough for a person to identify with over any amount of time. In this essay, the soul theory is considered as the basis for personal identity and the problems that exist with it are discussed. The concept of personal identity is illusory even to self and it is but, natural ...

Personal identity has been variously defined. It mainly deals with matters that are connected to ourselves based on the idea of our being people. There is a broad literature of personal identity both in the Western, and Eastern philosophy and discussions have emerged in the recent past on our identity over the years. The concept of personal identity in psychology relied significantly on the version of relational memory criterion by Locke. The relational theory raised many objections. The theory argued that memory presupposes identity such that past experiences play an important role in a person’s identity. However, since 1970s, debates ...

Introduction

Happy Together was a 1997 movie filmed in Hong Kong. The story revolves around the everyday life of two middle-aged men, Ho Po Wing and Lai Yiu Fai, who also appears to be a homosexual couple. A significant part of the film focused on the way how the Ho Po Wing and Lai Yiu Fai managed their long-term & unique but ailing relationship. Apparently, one supporting character named Cheng comes into play to comfort Lai as another cycle of his abuse, break-up, and reconciliation relationship pattern with Ho goes in. In their relationship, Lai can be seen as the more concerned, loving, ...

Psychological continuity is related to the continuity of mental state and describes that a person A at a later stage of his life can remember the events happened to him five years back and even earlier. This provides the relation of the remembering the incidences occurred at earlier stages of life at the later stage of life. If the person is able to remember their experience, then it’s the same person. Psychological continuity maintains that the same person remembers the experiences at every stage of his life and the two stages of the mental state belongs to same person only ...

It has been a common notion about the existence of self. You are exactly who you look at yourself to be. The theory of personal identity revolves around the questions ‘What am I?’, ‘When did I begin?’ and‘What will take place after I die?’. The major questions that are posed by or own inner selves are what exactly strive to define who we are. Human Beings are constantly faced with the questions coming from their conscience. They are always trying to ‘figure out who they are’. The subject of personal identity has been of considerable interest ...

Abstract

Amnesia usually originates from memory loss as a result of particular situations, mostly brain illness, injury, or psychological trauma. Memory loss is frequently the most disabling attribute of numerous disorders, weakening the ordinary day by day actions of the patients and intensely distressing the people (Madan, 2011). Amnesia is based on the proximal cause of the injury such as psychogenic amnesia and organic amnesia. This paper discusses psychogenic amnesia, its causes and its types including the psychogenic fugue and psychogenic focal retrograde amnesia. Psychogenic amnesia was then differentiated from retrograde and organic type of amnesia. Psychogenic amnesia is ...

Concerning personal identity my position is similar to that of John Locke. I reject the idea that my personal identity is tied to my soul, as Cartesian theory suggested. I also do not believe that my personal identity is tied to my body. It seems more plausible to me that my personal identity is tethered to my memories because I am a culmination of my experiences. What I have endured, learned, and observed have made me into the person typing this. Memories are what have created my personal identity. My position on the mind and body problem, or that ...

Analysis of Thomas King’s Borders” and “A Coyote Columbus Story

Thomas King has written many stories that derive their premise from the Native American culture. Two of his most famous stories are “Borders” and “A Coyote Columbus Story”. Borders tells the story of a young adolescent boy who makes plans to visit his sister who lives in Salt Lake City with his mother. The sister’s name is Letitia. This name is perhaps very significant because it is the only name from this family that is mentioned as the boy and his mothers are never mentioned by King in this story. In the curse of their journey, the boy, ...

- Bibliographical Entry of the assigned reading

Temporality and Personal Identity in the Thought of Nishida Kitaro by Gereon Kopf

- What does the assigned reading cover? The reading covers an analysis of Nishida’s conception of an individual in terms of self-determination from the concept of contradictory self-identity compared to the models of personal identity. Some of the models that are mentioned in the reading include monadology and selfless continuity. The author makes an attempt to address the question by analyzing the theory of essentialism developed by Leibniz’ along with theory of reductionism developed by Derek Parfit’s. He introduces a third theory by the name personal nonduality that derives its ...

Introduction

Narratives and storytelling have been espoused with the development of our sense of self and personal identity. Illness on the other hand has been shown to potentially impact on the development of the self and identity. Medical sociologists create a distinction between disease and illness describing disease in terms of biology that is the underlying pathology and illness as the social response to diseases especially in light of the fact that we exist within a social context. Illnesses therefore have no biological basis and are termed social constructs of diseases. In essence therefore, the way a particular illness is perceived varies from ...

The theme of self-identity of the individual plays one of the key roles in the contemporary sociological science. It is justified by the increased importance of the personal understanding of self and the emerging crisis of self-identification of people within the contemporary social system. Therefore, this theme represents special ineptest for the scientific researches and analyses of social science specialists. The analysis of the following sources shows the complex character of the self-identity theory and wide range of narrative techniques used to attract attention of the reader. In the book “Identity’s Strategy: Rhetorical Selves in Conversion” written ...

Self-Identity Problem The problem of self-identity is setting the terms for what principles govern the certainty that we can know a person is the same over time. We know nothing on an atomic level remains the same more than an instant. We also know that while changes in people can be slow, people are constantly changes on two different levels. On the first level people are changing psychologically. People learn things, they forget things and they abandon some beliefs to adopt others. Physical people are also always changed. I have heard it said that in something like seven years while ...

Liberty. Among the most widely putative theories of liberty is that there must be a single predominant formula under which all the comprehensible locutions about personal freedom and liberation. The pervasiveness of this notion largely influences Gerald MacCallum’s classic article, “Negative and Positive Freedom”. The author provides that the need for freedom of an individual is realized once an element of constraint is determined. These elements of constraints prevent individuals from becoming or becoming something. Liberation is a triadic relation between individuals, constraints, and ends. To ensure full liberty, the constraints to the “ends” should be completely inexistent. These insights ...

Introduction

A theory is used to explain a particular phenomenon in the world. The theory explains the reasons for the existence of the world. A theory must be consistent and correct for it to be successful. Theories are of two types, scientific theory and theory in general. A scientific theory is applied when the object of the study under consideration is measurable. Studies of ethics, knowledge and truth require theories in general. The philosophical theory is a type of theory in general. It accounts for the general philosophy. The philosophical theory comprises of statements which are believed to be true by the ...

Personal identity

Introduction

The concept of trying to figure out the human nature is a particularly crucial aspect that human beings for a extraordinarily long time have tried to research but never been successful. The more the human beings try to understand the inner being of the human nature is the more they get confused. This is basing on the fact all human beings are different hence cannot posses more than one similar character. Various authors, scientists and researchers, have tried to figure the inner world of a human being but have never got proper answers. Zigmud Freud, Erich and Carl Gustav Jung, are ...

In the theory, Miller believes in the life after death and seems relatively unconcerned of anybody death. Miler in an argument tries to define a person where she describes the existence of a person in the future due to unavoidable fact that her body will shortly decompose, she rejects this description. According to Miller theory of personal identity, says that any person would be the same person in the future, as the person would not have changed but remain the sameness. A counter provided by Miller is that there being a soul, mind or self across time is identical across time basis ...

The question as to the continuity of personhood is a question that has been addressed to Buddhism since it’s beginning. In Henry Clarke Warren’s Pali translation of select passages of Buddhist Sacred Books, “Buddhism in Translations” there is a scene where a between The Buddha and a wandering ascetic who demands desperately for an answer of the Buddha to his question, “Whether or not the Saints exist after their death?” The Buddha saw this as a dualistic question, and gave him a nonduelist answer which stemmed from the basic phenomenology of Buddhism. The Buddhist answer the question of whether the saints live after ...

Introduction Psychology is simply defined as the study of the behavior of human Psychology is simply defined as the study of the human behavior and mind. Research in this area is geared towards explaining behavior, thoughts and emotions. Human identity is one of the major components of behavioral psychology. This forms the core of discussion in this article. Identity is one of the key issues dealt with in the study of psychology. Behavioral scientists have developed several approaches to the study of identity. This article discusses two f the major theories of psychological approaches to identity and ...

Personal Identity

Gretchen’s objection is based on the definition of a person identity given by Sam Miller. Actually, it is very difficult to interpret and understand the definition. Gretchen seems not to do understand the sense in the definition of person identity. This objection is therefore supported by certain facts that tend to disapprove person identity as being in line with soul sameness. Though to some extend it would have brought some sense or meaning to Gretchen, he thinks that the linkage between person identity and soul sameness has been miss presented. According to Gretchen, soul sameness is far different ...

The four main developmental stages of psychological development are childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. Adolescence is a form of transition from childhood to adulthood, and it is the most confusing developmental stage because people begin to question and discover their personal identity, social identity, and social roles. Adolescence is a stage of development during which people develop objectives, values, and beliefs which will serve as their principles and guidelines during adulthood. However, building an identity does not have to necessarily end with adolescence, and suppressed or false identity issues can arise at any point during adulthood. Although people can experience ...

When Memento was released, the most intriguing element of the film, to reviewers, was the intertwining of one narrative in chronological order with another in reverse chronological order, both of which meet at the film’s climax. The main character of the film, Leonard Shelby, and his wife, have been attacked. His wife is dead, and he suffers from anterograde amnesia as a result. This disorder keeps him from processing short-term memories into long-term retention. He carries a collection of annotated Polaroids around with him to help him deal with the stimuli around him, to make the best decisions in a dangerous ...

The nature versus nurture debate has been raging for decades and even today, it still elicits mixed reactions from different people. This concept presents the cosmic conflict between ethics and environmental surroundings and influences as the essential aspects that govern and determine a person’s behavioral conduct. One side proposes that at birth, the brain is a clean slate that is open to a great deal of influences, and it is these surrounding influences that govern a person’s behavioral traits. The contrasting side proposes that a person’s behavioral capabilities are encoded in the person’s DNA. This person is limited to a given ...

Business

Introduction to the video program "Kitchen Nightmares" is an episode that forecasted the ill happenings and the mix happenings which used to take place in the kitchen of the ABC Restaurant. This Restaurant was started by a couple named as Samy and Amy and was titled as Amy's Baking Company, started in 2006, in Phoenix. Amy had a dream to work as a Cook and wanted to start the Restaurant. So after much preparation they start this bakery company. The bakery company was visited by many customers. But all of these customers faced some or the other problems. The customers ...

Abstract

Cultural differences have a great bearing on the way managers perform their work. This paper outlines the need for managers to acquire intercultural training because how they behave in their roles has great implications on the organization as a whole. Electronic technology has changed the way people communicate and work. This introduces cultural dynamics that have to be incorporated into intercultural training. The paper also discusses culture and identity as factors which influence each other. Personal identity and organizational identity are discussed as two interrelated factors which depend on each other. overall, the paper underlines the importance of proper intercultural training. ...

Introduction

The Laramie Project is bounded upon the presentation of how and why hate crime is committed by individuals supposedly having particular negative disposition with regards controversial issues and culture that binds the society. The movie presents the case of Matthew Shepard being beaten to death because of being ‘gay’. However, beyond this theme, there is more to the story that is shared in the movie. It mostly depicts the overall conjunction that distinguishes how social culture could dictate the ways by which humans would perceive the severity of a particular issue and how these matters would actually affect them as ...

Identity and Creative Practices

Thesis statement: Identity is a broad term comprising many sub-types. There is identity as to gender, identity as to race, social identity, identity as to stereotype and many others. This paper will elaborate on all these forms of identity while giving tangible examples and borrowing from the works of scholars like Stuart Hall who wrote a lot on social identity. Three images have been chosen to elaborate further on the same.

There is no exact meaning of identity. The meaning of identity depends on what a person thinks it is, or the context that they are discussing it. Stuart Hall discusses ...

The main idea for J#8 is the effect we have on the people with whom we are in close proximity. Day after day, we interact with different people in our day to day activities. These people impact on us in different ways, whether we are conscious of it or not. The effect of these people on our lives changes us in different ways. The manner in which our lives are changed by the effect of the people around us depends greatly on our personalities. For instance, some people are not ready to conform to the prevailing circumstances. Such people ...

We Must Tell Our Own Story

Introduction

There exists in the world of sociology some controversy between two theories of thought. The debate is usually over a question like this “Which has more control over an individual’s life agency or structure?” One side argues that people are confined behind the boundaries of social structures. How a person behaves within the structure is controlled by the boundaries or his perception of the boundaries. How a person acts depends on how the social structure (or hierarchy of social structures) “allows” him to act. There is free will only as it fits into the power structure of social systems. ...

The Novels of V.S. Naipaul

Introduction Mr. Naipaul is of Hindu Indian descent. He is third generation from a family settled in the Caribbean. He was born in Trinidad in 1932. The Caribbean has been a colony of both Spain and England. He has traveled to India to search for his roots. He started his travels away from his birthplace when he attended Oxford at the young age of seventeen years old. Naipaul’s work both fiction and nonfiction generally takes into account identity crisis as a postcolonial phenomena stemming from colonized people and how their since of identity and security is affected.

Discussion

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The racial segregation and oppression shared by women from their own experiences to change the political and social system were the awareness of women in the nation . Women voiced their sense of pride in accordance with their perspective and disappointments about the slow and inadequate changes. The hopes of women, guided by their active participation in the issues helped them survived the challenges. The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared segregation unconstitutional was the momentum for the civil rights . The momentum from the civil Rights Act of 1964, women rights were under the Act itself. Despite ...

- How is the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) used by the advocate of the Cosmological Argument to justify the two premises of the argument? Make sure to clearly define dependent and self-existent beings, and also to explain the two parts of PSR and how each part is used to justify a different premise of the argument. (See Rowe's article; pp. 37-46)

The Cosmological Argument stipulates that there must be some first cause or uncaused cause that led to the creation of the universe. Everything in the universe that we observe comes from something else. The Cosmological Arguments does not believe in an infinite regression of causes, but instead that if everything exists due to a cause then if you trace back the chain of causality far enough you must admit that there is a firt cause or uncaused cause.

The Principle of Sufficient reason has two parts, that everything must either have a reason or a cause. It states that there is nothing in ...

Introduction

Many people have largely ignored child development that often occurs from birth to when the child reaches adulthood. Many people in history viewed children as small adults and thus paid little attention to the many changes in children including cognitive abilities, learning and physical growth. People started being interested in the field of child development in the early 20th century after theorists began giving their views. It is important to understand child development in order to determine the cognitive, physical, social, emotional and educational growth that children go through from birth to mature adults. Child development theories provide an ...

Description of the issue

The number of colored students who secure chances for higher education in the United States has greatly been on the decline. The rates of admission and successful completion of higher education by students who are of African-American origins, Hispanic and the Native Americans origin have always trailed behind their White and Asian counterparts. Perhaps, this has been on the grounds of low income and discrimination based on race. Moreover, students with disabilities have also not been adequately represented in the higher education, in United States. Besides, the needs of the few African-Americans, the Hispanic and the Native American students ...

Socialization and Culture

Individual identity is shaped by two main factors, socialization, and culture. Explain how these two factors operate to produce identity.

Introduction

Individual identity is defined as distinctive qualities of an individual through which he is recognized. It can also be referred to as distinctive characteristics that are shared by any social group or category. Identity makes one individual distinguished from others as each individual is given a distinct personality that becomes his identification in a society (Gomm, 2004). The concept of personal and individual identity and its dependence upon two main factors of socialization and culture instigates with the assumptions that there ...

A job loss can mean a nightmare to any parent. Its implications are severe because of the devastating fall in income and economic security for a family. It has an impact on the parents’ mental and physical health. In addition, it affects family relationships and can result to marital conflicts. When a person is laid off, economic concerns come up. He starts to ponder on how he will be able to sustain his family without any job. In a case where an individual has savings, his main worry will be how long the savings will sustain the family. An individual is ...

More and more of people’s everyday lives are occurring online. Unlike many previous generations, the current generations are growing up in an increasingly isolated world, with much of their contact with other people taking place through the Internet. Of course, not all human interaction will fall by the wayside as a result of this increasingly-cyber world, but now much of the human interaction that used to take place in the “real world” occurs over the Internet. Using the Internet as a tool to find a romantic partner, for instance, is one way that the Internet has changed the face of human ...

McDonald’s is the one of the largest foodservice retailer in the globe. The company has consistently built up an appealing global brand that has significantly contributed to its huge success. Another primary reason that has led to the success of this global enterprise is its distinct organization culture. The organization has a well-defined culture, which is visible in all its outlets in the world. Form support staff to managers, every of this famous food retailer is aware of the attitude and behaviour that they are supposed to exhibit in accordance with the organization culture. Every member is essentially supposed ...

In the video by Alan Watts, some concepts of Zen Buddhism was discussed and elaborated. He noted in the video that he is neither to sell nor to advocate the concepts and the beliefs of Zen Buddhism but he is to inform the viewers about the ideals it portrays. He introduced the concepts such as prickles and goo, the Appling, the concept of “I”, and the connection of life and music. In this video, it can be observed that there are western and modern interpretations that are conveyed in the beliefs of Zen Buddhism. In this video, the western ...

With the developments of technology, it is imperative to denote that issues deemed relevant particular those that relate to human rights have since merged and made apparent. Anonymity as it relates to internet means being unacknowledged and unknown. An anonymous can make comments, post opinions while his or her identity remains concealed. With the above said, laws in regards to the same have since emerged owing the need to protect the privacy and freedom of speech of the anonymous. Anonymity as it pertains to internet being huge issue of concern, this paper will present arguments in favour protection of ...

Introduction to Digital Communication

Introduction to Digital Communication Being the first week of the lecture, this topic remains intriguing to me. There are several concepts and ideas that I remember vividly from this first week topic. First, it is worthwhile to point out that this topic reminds of the fact that the idea of identity is subjective. Everyone has a feeling of how he/she thinks about him/herself. As the lecturer puts it, the concept of identity is multifaceted. There is no clear-cut definition and understanding of personal identity. I can reflect from the topic that identity can be either a personal thing or a group ...

Excessive alcohol consumption of alcohol is currently a public issue around the globe. The alcohol abuse accounts close to 7 percent in the developed nations. Alcohol is the causal of 50 medical conditions that result in long-term health issues (Hassan & Shiu, 2007). Alcohol consumption is most prevalent on the young adult population. Many students account for risky drinking behavior. Different journal issues generate interest on issues concerning binge drinking among the students. The facts and statistics question on the best way to educate the young people especially students to ensure they are within safe drinking limits. This paper will investigate ...

Introduction

Children are basically in need of love and affection. The attention they get from people surrounding them invokes a distinct impact on how they develop as individuals. When it comes to issues of being abandoned and later on adopted by foster parents, children often find it a blessing to have good alternative choices of having a family; but the completion of one’s being does not pull through especially if the child begins to understand the reality of things and how all the said matters do impose on the overall identity of the child as he grows further into maturity. Practically, the ...

Introduction

Sony Corporation is one of the leading manufacturers of electronic products with headquarters located in Konan Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company evolved as Sony in 1958, when its first product, the TR-55 radio transistor was launched under this brand name. Ever since its inception, the company has been a leading name in the electronics industry and caters for consumer as well as professional markets. According to the 2012 list of Fortune Global 500, the company ranked at the 87th position. The Sony Corporation has four major business units which are divided as follows; Sony Electronics, Sony Motion pictures, and Sony ...

Part One: Area of Philosophy

The philosophical area in which this problem falls is the metaphysics because it raises the fundamental question of reality. The person who is existing after the accident has two personalities of a man and woman. They have mixed hormones and cannot be assumed to be male or female, me or my friend. It is against this backdrop that the question posed falls in the realms of metaphysics as it explains the nature of being, now that the personality is both male and female.

Part Two: Argument Analysis

According to Descartes, the mind and body are two separate identities. They do not need each other ...

In the article Where am I, Dennett is described as a person who is recruited by the Pentagon to work for NASA. The Pentagon needs Dennett to retrieve a missile underground. Since the missile is highly radioactive, the Pentagon requires Dennett to leave his brain behind. Dennett is operated on and has his brain removed. His brain is placed in a vat. After waking up, Dennett cannot recognize where he is, which makes him pop the question, “Where am I?” Dennett has radio links connected to his body after the operation. Dennett thinks of this question philosophically, which is a difficult question since ...

The proposition of Birthright Israel Excel is special and unique in its sphere as it enables this complex and controversial combination of social and business contribution that each of the fellows, accepted to the program have a chance to make. While at the same time the expectations of the program management is extremely high, it is also illuminating and motivating to find myself involved in the program both, as individual and professional. I believe that modern Israeli society is in need of future leaders that are not only capable and willing to bring forward their professional knowledge and expertise, ...

Introduction

As a father of free verse, Walt Whitman breaks the limits of the general poetic form, and in general, his poems are prose-like. Even though he did not invent the free verse form, he uses it effectively in his poem that gains fame among the readers. He uses profound imagery in his poems, including debris, rotten leaves, and everything in nature, especially what he considers as nature, which includes sexuality, including prostitution, and death. He reflects and mirrors the nature and the world around him because he strongly believes there is a symbiotic relationship between poet and world. He rightly says ...

How Multinational Companies are addressing their Risks

Identity theft affects both individuals and corporate entities. Whereas personal identity theft has been prevalent in the contemporary society, corporate identity theft has been on a steady increase. This form of crime, which involves unauthorized use of a corporate’s information to perpetuate elements of a crime such as fraud, is more attractive and lucrative to criminals than stealing an individual’s identity. Corporates deal with millions of dollars and have so much money compared to individuals. While there are many wealthy individuals within the society, stealing from a company appeals to criminals because it is less personal and the proceeds are higher ...

Introduction

Personal identity is something, feature, behavior which is used to distinguish one person to another. A person is given an identity according to time he /she was born or place of origin or according to events that was happening at that time. The complexity of personal Identity comes to when two people of same body size, colour , sex, place of origin and same time of birth, seems diverse in their behavior and thinking capacity. It this divergence of persons that help us identify differently. The man cannot be the same all the time hence he/she cannot be ...

There are multiple faces and variances of feminism nowadays, differentiating both geographical as well as cultural (Dunand Zimmerman, 2013). The western feminism comprises the values of the developed and partly developing countries, whereas the African and Asian feminism comprises the values of these societies, where besides gender, race is another element that defines women and the feminism discourse (Dunand Zimmerman, 2013). But in practice things are much more complex than this simply structured formulation of localized feminism. Looking at the Islamic Asian countries, for instance, there can be observed great differences between women’s condition in Turkey or Egypt, ...

Leon Baradat discusses the concept of nationalism as a political ideaology. He argues that it emanates from the idea of a nation, which he defines as a community of people with a common ethnicity, culture, language, and or descent (Baradat, 2008). According to him, it is not necessary that a nation has physical borders, though having borders does not preclude a territory being considered as a nation. It is on such basis that he defines nationalism in the context of territoriality. He opines that in its simplest form, it refers to a sort of territoriality or property value (Baradat, 2008). He gives an analogy of a sandbox ...

Introduction

The chapter addresses the problem of personal identity. It addresses the question of who am I , what constitutes a person and if the person I’m today will be the same person I will be tomorrow. A name is not an enough identification of who someone is. It is just a simple tool that is used in differentiating people. Remaining the same person is good only for good people. If you have bad character, then changing to the positive is the best option. The problem of identifying personality has been the spearheading factor in many philosophers as they try to ...

Identity is a peculiar character that is distinct to every individual. Every person has got his/her own identity. Indeed, it is important to be identified by particular characteristics. These can be by gender, psychological and personal identity. Usually the first and the most recognized identity is the gender identity. This is easily recognized by knowing ones gender through the biological characteristics associated with the person. The next easily recognized identity is based on ones profession. Thus, if one is an engineer he/she will develop characteristics which are consistent with the profession. In addition, if the person is an accountant, ...

The understanding of a child’s development is essential and allows an appreciation of changes in emotions, cognitive, physical, and social growth in children. As a child develops from early childhood to teenage, adolescence and early adulthood, many changes occur in behavior, physical, social and emotional aspect (Ausubel, 2002). Some of these changes may influence the future of the child, develop new trends in lifestyle and behavior, and even impact on the level of performance. Adolescence for instance, is associated to cognitive and physical changes in a child that influence whom the child relates with, decision making abilities, and emotions. Some changes, ...

How is the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) used by the advocate of the Cosmological Argument to justify the two premises of the argument? Make sure to clearly define dependent and self-existent beings, and also to explain the two parts of PSR and how each part is used to justify a different premise of the argument. The Principle of Sufficient Reason is clearly used when attempting to define whether something is in existence or not. The maxim of dependency is also to be discussed here and one has to analyse whether a human being is dependent on something to become ...

Philosophy has gone through periods of revolutions during which new radical ideas were incorporated and became mainstream knowledge. On of this period was stated by Rene Descartes who used clear and apparently simplistic methods to legitimize the new science and asserted that the human is different from the mind. Descartes argued that the human mind is rational and adaptable and thus it can not be compared with any automation generated from clever designs. Contemporary philosophers in England reacted differently to Descartes ideas. Thomas Hobbes, a political philosopher did not agree that humans should be treated any different because of their ...

Cyberpunk combines futuristic ideas about human nature and technology to provide a new perspective on complex subjects ("Cyberpunk Review"). Film is a great avenue for this cyberpunk perspective! With the use of special effects, CGI, animation, and talented actors/directors a futuristic world can come alive to the viewer through cinema. By taking a look at films that fall within the cyberpunk genre, not only are we usually entertained but also intrigued with psychological dilemma. The films “Ghost in the Shell”, “Blade Runner”, and “Metropolis” are all great examples of how issues such as humanity, identity, and technological progression can be conveyed through science ...

Personal Identity

David Hume A Treatise of Human Nature Meaning and the significance of the quote. This quote tries to explain how a person’s identity and soul cannot be seen by examining personal perceptions like sensation, feelings or events that bring about the outcome. Arguably, a person’s identity cannot be defined without these perceptions; therefore identity in absolute terms does not exist. Also, identity is always the same thing no matter how one trys to define it. For instance, there are distinct types of houses, but they are all referred as houses. Hume in this quotation meant ...

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Psychology – My Identities

Identity is defined as an exceptional characteristic of any individual, so called the personal identity, or the distinctive characters that make a person unique. There can be various problems of personal identity, some of which are Persistence, Personhood, Who am I, What am I and so on. If identity poses a problem, however, it may also present a solution (Moshman 120). My goal in this paper is to describe my Personal Identities, Social Identities and Relational Identities.

Personal Identities

Some of my personal identities are, I am a nice person, and according to my ...

The “Astronomer’s Wife” is a story about a psychologically depressed woman by the name Mrs. Ames, who lives with an arrogant husband who mistreated her a lot. She decides to seek happiness elsewhere by engaging in conversation with the plumber who comes to repair the leaks in her house. In this story some words, phrases and images have been used and they have certain functions in the development of the story. The Boyle’s phrases in “The Astronomer’s Wife” such as “to survive women cling on the tide” (pg59) this shows how women were depressed and undervalued, they therefore, ...