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Showing 1 to 20 of 200 for “"personal identity"”.
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Personal Identity, Survival And What Matters
<p>Since the entire discussion of personal identity revolves around the identity of a person it is difficult to address these issues without presupposing that identity is maintained. In this dissertation, I propose an alternative approach to discussing the topic of personal identity (at least …
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Social structures, epistemology and personal identity
… in Anglo-Saxon Philosophy on, the question of Personal Identity. The colligation of the arguments accomplishes an 'underlabouring' task for the Social Sciences. This task consists of the identification of some of the Implications of the acceptance (whether tacit or explicitly stated) of two …
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Finding ourselves : thought-experiments and personal identity
… thought-experiments play in the debate about personal identity, especially with the question of what role they should play. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part is a defence of the use of thought-experiments against a number of influential and potentially damaging indictments …
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The Church as Instrumental to the Restoration of Personal Identity
… resulting in each image bearer orienting his personal identity to self rather than to his Creator. This self-oriented identity disrupts his ability to relate rightly to God (to glorify him by being like him), to others (to love and serve them as a representative of God), and to the world (as a …
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Voluntary Simplicity and its effects on personal identity, family life, and relationships
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Personal identity and persistence over time : the hybrid view with regard to hylomorphism
This thesis is concerned with the concept of personal identity. It aims to identify a simple formulation of what it is for a person x at time t1 to be the same as person y at time t2. In pursuit of this aim, it addresses several metaphysical questions: What are we? Do we have a persistent identity? …
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Ascribed and Acquired Identities: Women's Collective Renegotiation of Social and Personal Identity Following Brain Injury
… women negotiate the process of re-authoring identity and identifications following their injuries. Of specific interest is the role of narratives---personal, communal and ""metaphysical""---in locating, creating, modifying and/or rejecting forms and forums of identity and community. The …
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The Use of Music Interventions to Impact Adolescent Self-Concept and Personal Identity: A Realist Synthesis Review
… in music therapy to promote self-concept and identity formation and validation. I analyzed six articles for their contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes. I then built an initial rough program theory (IRPT) regarding music programming for adolescents in various contexts. In the future, I would like …
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Three analytic philosophy of mind debates and a Deleuzian intervention: Folk Psychology, Personal Identity and Free Will
… philosophy of mind debates: folk psychology, personal identity and free will. Prior to this I attempt to show that analytic philosophy in general might benefit from accepting ‘process’ philosophy as an already existing but neglected part of its rich heritage. This would enable Deleuze’s …
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Who do you think you are? An arts-based narrative inquiry of teacher personal identity and professional learning
The connection between identity and teacher professional learning is fundamental, as teachers’ development of effective classroom practices is intricately linked to their sense of self. Teachers’ self-concept plays a vital role in shaping their professional goals and actions, encompassing aspects …
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Becoming a paramedic: the experiences of newly qualified paramedics in navigating a changing professional, social and personal identity
… whereby participants were navigating a changing identity across three spheres simultaneously: professional, social and personal identity. Participants who found the process particularly turbulent generally displayed lower resilience scores. Conclusion This study emphasises the importance of …
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The role of coaching psychology in addressing occupational/personal identity confusion in young adults aged 23–35 years in Israeli society
… 18-35 Generation Y or Millennials) suffer from personal and occupational identity confusion. This phenomenon is becoming more prevalent among normative young adults without a history of mental disorders. They report manifestations of anxiety, depression, and a sense of helplessness. This …
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The Effect of Social Comparison Feedback on Creative Performance and the Moderating Roles of Creative Self-Efficacy and Creative Personal Identity
… specifically creative-self efficacy or creative personal identity, moderates this association. Participants (N=201) were recruited from MTurk and responded to questions about their creative self-beliefs (i.e., creative self-efficacy and creative personal identity) and completed a creative …
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Social identity versus personal identity : an investigation into the interaction of group and personal status with collective and with personal self-esteem on ingroup favouritism
The positivity of personal and minimal group social identity was manipulated by giving subjects bogus test feedback to induce differential levels of personal status (high, low, no feedback) and group status (high, low, neutral) in 237 13-15 year olds. This investigative experimental study used a …
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Surviving matters : pluralism and the self
The concept of personal identity or survival is intimately entwined with a whole host of our self- and other- directed beliefs, concerns, and practices. We naturally and habitually believe and judge certain people to be the same persons over time; identify and reidentify them; trust them; love …
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