personal identity

Persons, Community, and the Akan

Is your inner life what makes you, you? Or is your identity about connecting to your community? How can West African philosophy help us think about the self? This week, we’ll be thinking about Akan Philosophy, specifically its conception of personhood.

谜题2:什么是身份?

继续我的系列谜题,让你从当前的危机中转移注意力,这个月我要问:什么是身份?我指的是那种让你成为某个社会群体成员的身份(称之为集体身份、社会身份或群体身份),尽管这只是一个粗略的描述。

Is the Self Real?

Is there such a thing as a self, something that makes you who you are? Or is the self just a convenient fiction? Would the world be a better place if we all stopped believing in selves? These are some of the questions we're asking in this week's show.

Memory and the Self

在哲学上有一个悠久的传统,认为记忆和自我是密切相关的。例如,洛克声称,今天的我和昨天的我之所以是同一个人,基本上是因为我现在能记得我昨天做了什么或经历了什么。所以对洛克来说,记忆决定了我是谁。