2007-02-27 22:00:56 · 33 answers · asked by pax veritas 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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snow_.. – :: It is rather snowy..
Freak.. – Own one’s destiny.
Carpe.. – Birth and bureaucracy.
ben s.. – “What one does..how the government identifies individuals.”
Katt.. – The way one carries oneself..Stress is a big facture..I think it is was you finally accept yourself and love yourself in the process.”
Phili.. – Experience, personality and physical appearance.
Olddog. – “GOD, Love, my wife, and family. Friends, income and name..visual arts to finish it off.”
Dammar.. – “Uniqueness, personality, ideas thoughts etc.”
Robbi.. – Source of motivation, conduct, choices as judged by the world.
I Kn.. – Gender, name, nationality, personality, marital status.
cadee.. – Texas drivers license.
Parad.. – Popular media.
Danie.. – Eyes.
Ellie.. – Fingerprints.
2007-03-07 05:49:30 · update #1
lkrai.. – “Self defining.”
Brian.. – Uniqueness.
Chris.. – "I".
Truth.. – “..philosophy on life and how life is lived as a result..”
Suhpi.. – :: One’s Id and Ego ?
yeu_w.. – Sensitivity.
Illyr.. – Personality.
Kenni.. – “..a passport.. Why do you need your identity defined..how you dress.”
June.. – Name.
Xapao.. – DNA.
Donal.. – “Who you are.”
Sandy.. – Opinion we have of ourselves. (See experiment proposed below.)
Recum.. – “Identity is something we assume..Book “On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are" by Alan Watts.”
Dreamer – “..a rhetoric question, none can say for sure the true answer.”
julia b – Tribal affiliation, social and symbolic affinity, emotions and memories.
Madmike – The Observer.
Kelsey. – “..who you are as a person.”
See extract for an introduction on Identity theory: Philosophy of Mind
http://www.philosophyonline.co.uk/pom/pom_identity_introduction.htm
2007-03-07 05:50:30 · update #2
Sensitivity,,,
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2007-02-27 22:36:30 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is an enormous question! Try "The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are" by Alan Watts.
Identity is something we assume. We do it so early in life it seems to come naturally (and in a sense it does) but when we think back on it, it really is a surprising act. Even the particular accent we each speak with is not something inherited from our parents, and at least once in our life (normally about puberty) we can comprehensively adjust it to suit our human surroundings.
Religion can be understood as just this: the question of what you choose to identify with.
2007-02-27 22:23:22 · answer #2 · answered by Recumbentman 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Very good question! We so much used to identifying ourselves with different social groups, certain behaviour, views on life and believes which are really just part of somebodies expectations or traditions, that are not really us. It is almost scary when answering this question we can only say: my name (it's like "my number"). Is that all? How do you identify Van Gog or Picasso? I think we are all identified by the happiness we bring to our families and by the sadness (or a smile) in your mums eyes when she is thinking of you, by the joy that you bring to your kids, and by the pain when hurting somebody. That is right - we all can be identified (and then remembered) by the emotions and feelings and memories of people around us about us. That is who we are, I think.
I identify Van Gog with light warm yellow and pale blue, with hope. And it doesn't matter I never new the person, these are emotions that associated with his name,
I identify my boss...Well... Not with a smile...
2007-03-01 11:47:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Huge, interesting question. I would say it's the opinion we have of ourselves. Conduct an experiment. Next time you're with a group of friends, ask them to write down (anonymously) what THEY think defines YOU. You'll get some interesting and revealing answers!
2007-02-27 22:06:40 · answer #4 · answered by jet-set 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hi there,
What makes you unique is the way you carry yourself overall, You can joke, cry or anything, but it is really in the way you deal with mature matters...Stress is a big facture now, and what would do with it is also very much noticed by others...I think it is was you finally accept yourself the way that U r, and love yourself in that process..
2007-02-27 22:06:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as you guessed i believe in personal identity..
well, my personality, my energy, my qualities, my progress..i guess there are a lot of other things too..
this is a rhetoric question, none can say for sure the true answer.
2007-02-27 23:51:27 · answer #6 · answered by kittana! 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that what motivates you, how you conduct yourself and the choices that you make define the person that you are--that is, your identity.
2007-03-06 07:59:50 · answer #7 · answered by robbiethegirl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My philosophy on life and how I live it as a result
2007-03-06 17:23:27 · answer #8 · answered by truthyness 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My birth is enough to make me unique. There is no need to seek any identity except for bureaucratic reasons.
2007-02-27 22:25:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i do
evrything about me
im not identified by my passport number but that is how the gov identify me
so i am identifiable by diffrent means for diffrent bodys
if i caused a crime i would be identifiable by my white skin and blue eyes
2007-02-27 22:20:28 · answer #10 · answered by ben s 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My Texas drivers license.
2007-02-27 22:09:36 · answer #11 · answered by cadee884 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋