Personal Identity
Self and Personal Identity: Vedāntic, Buddhist, Naiyāyika, and Cārvāka Views and Arguments
"Self and Personal Identity: Vedāntic, Buddhist, Naiyāyika, and Cārvāka Views and Arguments." This is one of the great philosophic topics in classical Indian systems. The talk will cover the main ideas and arguments expressed in Sanskrit over about 3000 years.
Socializing the Self: The Social Nature of Personal Identity
Work on personal identity within Western philosophy has tended to be very individualistic. There are theories that stress memories, theories that focus on autobiographical narratives, and others that emphasize agency. Each of these is then typically described in ways that make little or no reference to social relationships. The same is true of animalist theories, which equate persons with organisms. Unsurprisingly, work on identity in the social sciences is quite different.