Personal Identity From Reasons And Persons

Need a hook In this essay I will be talking about 3 major aspects that make up me. The 3 key aspects of my identity are running and art which are my abilities and reading which is one of my values.

Identity is what makes a person who they are. It is a complex relationship between a person’s personality and their appearance. Personality can be broken down by how that person acts or feels. This aspect of identity can be impacted by mental health and disabilities. The appearance of a person can also be broken down by how a person looks and how they dress. Physical appearance can be impacted by genetics and outside influences; accidents, diseases, sickness, etc. With the combination of the two we have the third influence on a person’s identity, personal choice.

As you go throughout life, it is not very common to stop and question your own personal identity, because you are just you, there does not seem like that much to it. But, in the philosophical world, this topic is one of the most popular things to look into and try to understand. Surprisingly, the idea of personal identity is not as simple as it seems. Many philosophers seem to question if personal identity even exists, and if they do believe it exists, how exactly? In the most popular philosophical arguments, there are three theories of personal identity that stick out; psychological approach, ego theory, and bundle theory. These three theories discuss how personal identity can be identified, or if it even exists at all. There is no way to be one hundred percent positive that one of these theories is true, so there will be always be a mystery to personal identity. Even though we can never be sure, it is always interesting to look into each theory and discuss the possibilities to our own personal identity.

Lately my mornings are spent getting up between 5:30am and 6am. I get myself ready, I never look fantastic just passable, and I go to work. Part of my morning routine is getting my dog, Donovan, ready for the early part of his day as well. We go to the yard for his bathroom routine, we go inside where I feed him his diet dog food and inject him with insulin, we go upstairs where I place a new diaper wrap around his mid-section (dogs with diabetes leak, who knew?), and he goes back to bed to sleep beside my husband. After we say our goodbyes I head to work, or school, or whatever adventure life has for me that particular day. Rinse, wash, repeat. I had no idea when I was in my teenage years that my life at 32 years old would be a tattooed, married, full time working, full time schooling, boring, Puerto Rican, animal lover. Well, the animal loving part I knew since I was maybe 2.

Personal Identity in philosophy refers to a person’s self-perception, ones belief about who they are and how they differ form others. Locke and Hume both share their ideas about Personal identity and although they might both drastically differ they are still both puzzling.

1. Any theory of personal identity should be able to solve two problems: first, the problem of individuation; second, the problem of continuity or persistence. How would you in your own words characterize these problems? Also, do these problems matter at all? Are they actually important? Why or why not?

Weirob argues that the brain doesn't determine personal identity the body does and that she could not continue surviving within another body with her own brain. She believes, in the Julia North and Mary Beaudine case, that Beaudine had two brains not that North has two bodies. Based on these ideas she decides to disagree with the thought of getting the procedure done by the doctor to transfer her brain. I agree that the body determines the identity of the individual and that survival would be difficult for someone in a new body. I agree with her because she states "If the hospital kept careless records, or the surgeon thought it was of no great importance to keep track of who got the original and who got the duplicate, she might never […] the ease with which I can determine who I am not less but more mysterious than my theory."

Several would consider my upbringing atypical. I never had the suburban home, the middle-class family, or the perfect little hometown experience. I consider my childhood to have been a trial. A challenge from the universe to prove it, and everyone who ever judged me, wrong. Proving them wrong is what I intend to do.

Along with relationships, especially personal ones, adoptees can find themselves trying to figure out this question: Have you ever heard the saying, “you have to love yourself before you can love someone else?” Theres one caveat to that; who are you? Discovering personal identity is something that can start as young as 18 to 30 month old toddlers. (Oswalt) Recognizing personal attributes about yourself, hair color, name, age, eye color, gender, etc are all forms of “self conception,” or labels children use to describe themselves. (Oswalt) Though this shows the physical identification this doesn't show emotional development in finding personal identity. I myself, had my name changed when I was adopted. Your name is one of the biggest forms of

I interviewed my nephew, Jeremy, for this assignment. Jeremy and I are members of the same family; but, have different racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. My family is very large, consisting of; six brothers, sister in-laws, my parents, and fifteen nieces and nephews. My brother, Joe, married an African-American women (Sandra) and had two sons; but, they look nothing alike. Surprisingly, Jeremy’s appearance is African-American and Anthony looks Caucasian.

Being an Asian American attending a highly lauded university I may be considered brainy, but at the university my intelligence is perceived based on my GPA and test scores. When I sat in my classroom I am surrounded by endless high caliber, intelligent Asian American students. I have never thought of myself as being highly intelligent or naturally gifted, but I do visualize my identity as someone who works hard to achieve my goals paired with a strong work ethic. It’s a challenge balancing school, work, and being able to take care of family as well. At the university my beliefs and work ethic aligns congruently, although at times I question whether I belong here. I was never a straight A student in high school, in fact when I was in high school

Our beliefs and values are part of our own culture, and they are important for determining a person's identity. Everyone is brought up in a different way according to their traditions, and an identity forms throughout communications with others in your own ethnicity. Many people across the world have been discriminated because of their own cultural beliefs and identity. Due to this reason it is important to protect and fight for what you believe in because it can affect a large group of people and as well as all aspects of your life.

“Discovering and claiming our unique identity is a process of growth, change, renewal, and regeneration throughout our lifetime.” (51) Determining whom we are as a person sounds like an easy thing to do, doesn’t it? But it’s easier said than done. There are multiple factors that play a role on who we are as a person. Some if these factors include the way we were raised, sex, our roots, the people we surround us with, where we were born, etc. Although we can somewhat control what factors molds us into we are, something that is uncontrollable is the perception others have of us. The authors talk about the micro level. This is the level were, “Individuals usually feel the most comfortable as themselves. At this level we define ourselves and structure

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.