23, 2015 Personal identity is an intriguing and ambiguous term that had troubled philosophers for decades. Personal identity equips people with the question of who they want others to perceive them as and who they really are. John Locke and Charles Taylor are just two philosophers who have tried to attack the conception of the self, or personal identity. Both brought rather enticing theories and astute ideas to attention regarding personal identity. Locke argues that personal identity is made up
the inability of the consciousness to remember past lives or previous “selves”, which defines the ambiguity of personal identity as s stable feature of the mind. Therefore, the idea of “consciousness” is always in question because of the limited aspects of the memory that defines who a person is or is not. Locke is aware of the consciousness as a primary foundation for personal identity, since memory is the only facet of mental states that exist over periods of time as “our consciousness is interrupted”
Momento “Look, memory can change the shape of a room, the color of a car; and memories can be distorted. They’re just an interpretation; they’re not a record. They’re irrelevant if you have the facts.” This is a quote taken from the 2001 film, Momento. The film follows a man named Leonard Shelby. Shelby has experienced the brutal rape and murder of his wife, which has left him with anterograde amnesia, which means Lenny is incapable of making new memories. The film follows Shelby as he endures
private and open circles in India. Likewise, it is not only "private conviction" as in John Locke's terms. Or maybe, it may be depicted as an optimism comprising of resilience and conjunction that empowers different religious gatherings living