Personal Identity Dilemma Revisited: A Philosophic and Psychiatristic Approach

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Personal Identity Dilemma Revisited: A Philosophic and Psychiatristic Approach

Fanou Zhang 1*
  • 1 Loomis Chaffee School    
  • *corresponding author Fanou_zhang@loomis.org
Published on 20 November 2023 | https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/23/20230494
LNEP Vol.23
ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-83558-125-4
ISBN (Online): 978-1-83558-126-1

Abstract

In a dynamic environment characterised by constant change, how do the mutable aspects of people’s identity contribute to its preservation? Can an individual’s personal identity be comprehensively explicated just via the examination of either their unchanging or evolving elements? The aforementioned concerns exhibit interconnections with the perplexing task of ascertaining the identity equivalence between oneself and another individual. Despite experiencing various physical and psychological transformations, people maintain a consistent self-perception and are seen by others in a similar manner. This article aims to examine the topic of personal identity, proposing an analytical approach that focuses on two distinct dimensions: an individual’s enduring attributes and their evolving traits. The genetic constitution and specific physical attributes of an individual are illustrative of the static elements that are seen to be inherent components of a person.

Keywords:

personal indentitiy, dissociative identity disorder, individuality

Zhang,F. (2023). Personal Identity Dilemma Revisited: A Philosophic and Psychiatristic Approach. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,23,286-292.
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Zhang,F. (2023). Personal Identity Dilemma Revisited: A Philosophic and Psychiatristic Approach. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,23,286-292.

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References

[1]. Bouchard Jr, T. J., Lykken, D. T., McGue, M., Segal, N. L., & Tellegen, A. (1990). Sources of human psychological differences: The Minnesota study of twins reared apart. Science, 250(4978), 223-228.

[2]. Beckwith, J., Geller, L., & Sarkar, S. (1991). “ Sources of human psychological differences: The Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart”: Comment.

[3]. Newman, D. L., Tellegen, A., & Bouchard Jr, T. J. (1998). Individual differences in adult ego development: sources of influence in twins reared apart. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(4), 985.

[4]. Waller, N. G., Kojetin, B. A., Bouchard Jr, T. J., Lykken, D. T., & Tellegen, A. (1990). Genetic and environmental influences on religious interests, attitudes, and values: A study of twins reared apart and together. Psychological science, 1(2), 138-142.

[5]. Lykken, D. T. (2006). The mechanism of emergenesis. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 5(4), 306-310.

[6]. Lykken, D. T. Bouchard, TJ, Jr., Lykken, DT, McGue, M., Segal, NL, & Tellegen, A.(1990, October 12). The sources of human psychological differences: The Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart. Science, 250, 223-228.

[7]. Lykken, DT (1957). A study of anxiety. Psychology, 55, 6-10.

[8]. Segal, N. L., & Stohs, J. H. (2007). Resemblance for age at menarche in female twins reared apart and together. Human Biology, 79(6), 623-635.

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[16]. Wilson, B. A., & Wearing, D. (1995). Prisoner of consciousness: A state of just awakening following herpes simplex encephalitis.

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