Personal Identity And Social Identity

An individual’s identity is a continual and dynamic process of narration in which both the individual and social partners are involved in “formulating, editing, applauding, and refusing various elements of the ever-produced narrative” (Humphreys & Brown, 2002). It is internalized and revised from a person’s “selective appropriation of past, present, and future” through introspection and interaction with social partners to create and maintain a coherent personal story (Miscenko & Day, 2015). There are multiple levels of identity that an individual may hold, and these levels interact and contribute to the way a person defines themselves.

Society has a way of making assumptions based on one’s physical characteristics. Often at times we categorize individuals to a particular social group. In regard to society’ perception of an individual this however, contributes to the development of social construction of racism. Most people want to be identified as individuals rather than a member of specific social group. As a result, our social identity contains different categories or components that were influenced or imposed. For example, I identify as a, Jamaican, Puerto Rican and a person of color. I identify racially as a person of color and ethically as Jamaican and Puerto Rican. According to Miller and Garren it’s a natural human response for people to make assumptions solely

In this paper, I will argue that the Memory Theory of Personal Identity is the closest to the truth. I will do so by showing that the opposing theories – Body and Soul Theories – have evident flaws and that the

No matter how much a person desires to live according to their personal autonomy, he or she will never escape the influence of societal forces. Explicitly or subtlety, these forces shape our individuality. One intriguing manner that these societal forces manifests itself in is our name. As Ruth Graham writes, “It’s becoming increasingly clear today that names carry a wealth of information about the world around us, the family we arrived in, the moment we were born—and that they mark us as part of cultural currents bigger than we realize.” Names alone provide evidence that individuals are made by interactions with social institutions and groups. Ultimately, the inescapable nature of society’s influence demands individuals to ponder how much personal autonomy is actually autonomous and to what extent does the pursuit of personal autonomy lead to a life of emptiness and vanity.

The concept of personal identity or personhood is a very complex area of philosophy that challenges our most basic understandings of mind and matter. Philosophers have generally settled into either the school of mind, or consciousness, and the school of body. As our ability to study the mind grows, through developments in psychology and neurology, consciousness-based theories have come to dominate the discussion of personal identity and body-based theories appear simplistic and even primitive. Thesis: Catriona Mackenzie, however, compels the field to make a renewed examination of the body by pointing out that the body is the very apparatus by which the self interacts with world, thereby shaping all of the experiences which constitute memory and consciousness.

My social identity plays a huge part in shaping and defining my role as a leader. The way I view myself combined with the way that others view me frames the narrative of my opportunities to be a leader in many ways. Of my various social identity characteristics, the two that play the largest part in my life are my gender and appearance as a woman and my economic standing as lower middle class.

Personal identity is essential in the human experience. Identity is complex and can be broken down into two main groups: introspective identity, and bodily identity. Introspective identity is based off of the groups, mentalities, or beliefs that you align yourself with, and bodily identity is based off of the physical side of yourself. Whether physical or introspective, your identity impacts every action you take. Whether choices ranging from what colors you prefer to which college you want to attend are primarily based off of your introspective identity, which is a combination of both memory and consciousness, physical identity impacts how others perceive you. Consciousness is mainly the awareness of bodily identity as well as continuous introspective identify, while memory is awareness of introspective identity. These two different facets of identity are imperative in the distinction between bodily identity and introspective identity. In means of personal identity introspective identity (which is evident in memory), is essential, while bodily identity (based partially in consciousness) has less credit.

The theory I chose for the annotated bibliography was Social Identity Theory. Social identity is the categorization between individuals who have similarities and can identify themselves within the category (Abram & Hogg, 1988). Social comparison is when we divide the world into groups that we are part of which are called the in groups and the relevant groups that are not part of our group that are called outgroup. Self-concept is brought from how you see yourself and how a person connects to social groups. (Turner & Tajfel, 1979). Overall, this relates to how we perceive ourselves, how you see ourselves and present ourselves in public.

The Memory Criterion of Personal Identity: A person P1 who exists at t1 is identical to a person P2 who exists at a later time t2 ifš P2 is at t2 and is conscious of any of the thoughts or actions of P1 at t1, then P2 is P1. This theory reveals why it is essential to integrate psychological continuity into the discussion of personal identity. The Memory Criterion of Personal Identity is compatible with the Biological View because it doesn’t argue that the mind and body are separate entities. It is entirely possible according to this view that all a person’s mental occurrences and characteristics only exist because of physical events.

The philological continuity, which is also a psychological theory of personal identity, is necessary that the spatiotemporal continuity of which sustains the continuous psychological life of a human being over time, which is a sufficient part of the brain that must remain to be a brain of a living person. Brain criterion and physical criterion both acknowledge the vital function psychological continuity plays in the judgment of our ideas, while admitting the importance of psychological instantiation at the same time. However, the appeal to physiology introduces an unacceptable element of contingency into the answers to the persistence question envisaged by the defenders of the criteria’s, which really is the opposite. to know what our persistence necessary consists on, a criterion of personal identity explains that it must be able to deliver a verdict in possible scenarios that consists with the verdicts in ordinary cases.Personal identity from a statistic point of view, privileges a general perception of identity. The general perception of identity is subject to environment itself and can be changed in many events, brain transplants would carry a person’s personality with their brain, but the outcome of entering a new person’s body can be what changes the personality. To argue for or against psychological continuity, I would argue for it because, when physical damage is done

Social identity theory, it is a person’s sense that is based around the group they are in, either by their personal identity or with different kinds of social identities. That is, people will try to improve their own image of themselves. The theory was proposed by Henri Tajfel. People can increase their self-esteem by both their own achievement and interaction with a successful group of people. This shows the importance of social belonging. This theory is based around three mental processes, social categorization, social identification and social comparison.

The current post-industrialized society’s economy could be described as information and service based, with the most profit being awarded to businesses and individuals who can capitalize on the novel needs of a constantly evolving youth population. Some of the most successful businesses are social media powerhouses, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. These business are the ones that are able to change as quickly as their target audiences, with tweaks to application functions being pushed through app stores on mobile devices. This paper will focus on the primarily mobile platform, Instagram, and how it has affected the modern concept of a personal identity versus a social identity.

My purpose is to show my individuality and to express myself. This is for others including myself, to see and to remind us that our identity is very complex.

Everybody has an identity, it makes them individual and unique, and it defines who you are as a person. This project about my identity showed me what makes me unique. I would have never known how much my friends mean to me or how my identities connect with each other. I have three identities that make me who I am, cultural, personal, and social. A specific quality that covers my cultural identity is being Czechoslovakian. Both sides of my family have at least a part of Czech in them. My great-grandparents are from Czech Republic and my grandpa was the first generation in America, he was born in Ohio. This is very important because I have always identified as Czech and it is a big part of me, as I am so interested in ancestry. For my personal identity, the biggest part is my personality, being loud and outgoing, has always been important to me. The reason being, it is how people view me. A lot of people know me as the loud person or the person who talks a lot. That is meaningful to me considering I like people to view me in a certain way The last identity, social, is one of the most important to me because it involves my friends, and through this project, I learned how vital they really are to my social identity. I realized that I have a good amount of friends in this project. It is nice to have people as a support system and to relate with. These qualities show that I value being loud and outgoing. It also says that I value my family and they are a big part of life. The last one, social, ties in with the first one because it shows I am outgoing and friendly.

Many people question themselves, what is it exactly that makes them unique? What is it that defines them as a unique person that no one in the world possesses? In philosophy, these questions do not have just one answer, and all answers are correct depending on which theory appeals most and makes sense to you. In general, there are two ways people approach this question, some say that a person’s identity is the “self” that carries all of their experiences, thoughts, memories, and consciousness (ego theorists), and some say that a person’s identity is just a bundle of experiences and events that a person has been through in their life, these people deny that the “self” exists (bundle theorists). In this paper, I will be arguing that a person’s identity is just a bundle of experiences, denying the self and the memory criterion.