Identity - a combination of forms and (hence) experiences

Continuing to sort books, magazines ... I realised in the autumn that I'd need to return to issue #72 of The Philosopher's Magazine and its theme of  '50 New Ideas'. ...

INDIVIDUAL
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     INTERPERSONAL    :     SCIENCES               

HUMANISTIC --------------------------------------  MECHANISTIC      

SOCIOLOGY  :   POLITICAL 

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GROUP

"Who are you? Who am I? Are we persons and if we are, are we the same persons we were yesterday? What does our being persons consist in? These are the sorts of questions philosophers try to answer on the nature of personal identity, the persistence question. The persistence question is often considered the question of personal identity: what are the conditions under which a person who exists at time t1 is identical to a person who exists at time t2?" p.51. "A new wrinkle in this debate is owed to Lynne Rudder Baker: the not-so-simple view of personal identity. Baker identifies persons with 'the first-person-perspective'. The answer to the question 'who am I?' is that I am the perspective I have of myself, and my persistence conditions are first-personal." p.52. [Grain, K.]

"Microscopes have revealed an invisible world to us and whether from secondary school science or probiotic yoghurt adverts most of us are now familiar with the idea that our bodies host a plethora of variously beneficial bacteria. These tiny creatures, which live inside us, contribute to our lives; they help us digest food and bolster our physiological defences against harmful presences - other bacteria and viruses. These 'endo-symbionts' participate in our living activity, just as we contribute to theirs in providing them with nutrients and a stable environment. The philosophical question this raises - belied by the talk of 'our' bodies and 'our' insides - is: where exactly do our organic boundaries lie?" p.49. [Ferner, A.M.]

Social foundation / scaffold

Political foundation / scaffold

Ferner, A.M., Organic identity, pp.49-50 - and 

Grain, K., Personal identity, pp.51-52 -

In The Philosopher's Magazine, "50 New Ideas", 1st Quarter 2016. Issue 72.

There is a 'simple' take-away message (thought!) here. It is the way, through its structure that Hodges' model provides a means to reflect, critique, debate and relate the self with the collective: and situate them and other concepts.

See also:
Nov. 2023: Hodges' model - as 'a' philosophy c/o TPM