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Learning Objectives. By the end of this section, you will be able to: Apply the dilemma of persistence to self and identity. Outline Western and Eastern theological views of self. Describe secular views of the self. Describe the mind-body problem.
You will at the very least need to give a brief definition near the start of your essay, though, depending on how you want to answer the question, you may need to go into more detail. In this case, there are several different versions or theories of egoism, and you may want to argue,
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Aug 20, 2002 · Personal identity deals with philosophical questions that arise about ourselves by virtue of our being people (or as lawyers and philosophers like to say, persons). This contrasts with questions about ourselves that arise by virtue of our being living things, conscious beings, moral agents, or material objects.
Outline Western and Eastern theological views of self. Describe secular views of the self. Describe the mind-body problem. Today, some might think that atomism and Aristotle’s teleological view have evolved into a theory of cells that resolves the acorn-oak tree identity problem.
Kant does not just stress the unity of apperception or self-consciousness, but the “transcendental unity of apperception” (e.g., A108, A116, B132). “Transcendental” is a complex concept for Kant, but two meanings are especially relevant for the unity of self-consciousness.
This guide is intended to give new students of philosophy some preliminary advice about writing philosophy essays at university. For many of you, writing a philosophy essay will be something of a new experience, and no doubt many of you will be a little unsure of what to expect, or of what is expected of you.
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‘ “Who am I?” Identity in philosophy’ considers the concept of identity in philosophy through time and the mind–body problem. It also discusses empiricist reductionism, mentalist essentialism, ordinary language analysis, and interactionism.
