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author | Runxi Yu <a@andrewyu.org> | 2023-10-27 09:51:48 +0800 |
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committer | Runxi Yu <a@andrewyu.org> | 2023-10-27 09:51:48 +0800 |
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Identity over time - heading level decrease
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diff --git a/article/identity-over-time.html b/article/identity-over-time.html index 5577f61..f5639d1 100644 --- a/article/identity-over-time.html +++ b/article/identity-over-time.html @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from others. Two layers of analysis are applied to uniqueness — the <em>identification</em> of the uniqueness of personal identity at a set time compared with other individual entities, and the <em>continuity</em> of the person’s uniqueness over time.</p> -<h1 id="the-individuality-of-me">The Individuality of “Me”</h1> +<h2 id="the-individuality-of-me">The Individuality of “Me”</h2> <p>Aristotelianism portrays the “individual” as a distinct substance, differentiated from accidents such as qualities, quantities, or relations <span class="citation" data-cites="MetaphysicsZeta"></span>. @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ physical existence that are clearly delineated, this essay will move from discussing discrete individuality of our substance to the exploration of the uniqueness of each individual, and the possible continuity of this uniqueness.</p> -<h1 id="the-uniqueness-of-me-and-its-continuity">The Uniqueness of “Me” -and its Continuity</h1> +<h2 id="the-uniqueness-of-me-and-its-continuity">The Uniqueness of “Me” +and its Continuity</h2> <p>Canned tuna on shelves are individual identities but they are practically not unique to the consumer. As long as they are still in the shelf life, no one cares to take one can instead of another. There is @@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ people’s unique characteristics through these three lens, and how they are continued with the passage of time. I hereby propose that the uniqueness of a person is preserved over time if the person’s unique characteristics are preserved over time.</p> -<h2 id="biological-identity-and-its-continuity">Biological Identity and -Its Continuity</h2> +<h3 id="biological-identity-and-its-continuity">Biological Identity and +Its Continuity</h3> <p>“On average, the cells in your body are replaced every 7 to 10 years” <span class="citation" data-cites="what-cells"></span>. Despite the tempting but inaccurate interpretation that human bodies are renewed @@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ collection of components but in the properties that emerge therefrom. The fact that our identity makers such as our DNA sequence, fingerprints, and immunity transcend over time warrants the conclusion that our biological identity spans diachronically.</p> -<h2 id="empirical-identity-and-its-continuity-memory">Empirical identity -and Its Continuity: Memory</h2> +<h3 id="empirical-identity-and-its-continuity-memory">Empirical identity +and Its Continuity: Memory</h3> <p><span class="citation" data-cites="LockeHumanUnderstanding"></span> postulates the memory theory of identity. A person’s identity is tied to their memory, i.e. their ability to recognize their past experiences as @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ themselves along the temporal axis is their remembering or being able to remember the knowledge assembly, the episodes to which they were witness or agent, and also the skills they acquire and stay. Personal identity consists in memory.</p> -<h2 id="social-identity">Social identity</h2> +<h3 id="social-identity">Social identity</h3> <p>Our identity is not only biologically and empirically determined, it is also socially constructed.</p> <p>According to <span class="citation" @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ could legitimately renew our identity every few years or months. Property rights would be bygone and personal relationships chaotic since filial, marital relationships vanished together with the continuity of social identity.</p> -<h1 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h1> +<h2 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h2> <p>My identity emerges from my unique biological, empirical and social properties. In my case, all three of these properties have continuously developed since I was ten, but always with some constancy, be it the |