I guess the OP wants a humanistic answer. — javi2541997
Are we our personality? Are we a soul? Are we our brain? What makes the real us? — TiredThinker
Are we our personality? Are we a soul? Are we our brain? What makes the real us? — TiredThinker
continuously confabulating – mostly commensurate and often commiserating stories about having / being (transcendent, immaterial) "souls" "minds" "selves" "identities" "persons" ... that are each individually – subjectively – a brain blind to itself being a brain. — 180 Proof
I hold to the identity of indiscernables and indiscernability of the identical.Are we our personality? Are we a soul? Are we our brain? What makes the real us? — TiredThinker
I'm not me, given the elapse of time between entering "I" and "me".What if it's the case 'you are not even "you"'? (e.g. PSM) — 180 Proof
Individual identity is a fuzzy concept. — Relativist
Hume made the argument against identity. — Jackson
Are we our personality? Are we a soul? Are we our brain? What makes the real us? — TiredThinker
If someone had stolen his Treatise manuscript and published it as their own he would have suddenly remembered who Hume was and he would not have forgotten in a hurry or allowed anyone else to claim that his personal identity is an illusion. Also, he knew this. He was not happy with his own theory. — Cuthbert
A four year old and forty year old may be same person, but what is that property? — Jackson
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