My OperaIdentity & The Concept of A Self.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:32:08 PM
Hi there! Pleasure to meet you! This is my first ever "blog" so bear with me.
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Lately I have gotten into the idea of "Self-Concept"
If you have never heard of this idea, it is extensively connected to "Identity."
In a sociological sense, it is, "...an individual's comprehension of him or herself as a discrete, separate entity." This is what creates the notion of Self,
as in "Ourselves," or, The mental model of what we think is us and our capacity for self-reflection and the awareness of Self.
In short, who we think we are in relation to what others see.
-Enter Existence, cue Fundamental Reason.-
I ask the questions...
In a place of pure Nothing, simply devoid of Anyone and Anything...
How would We view Ourselves?
Would we have a physical vessel for our conscious mind?
Could we view ourselves?
Would we have the capacity for something such as a Self, or Self-Realization?
Even "Identity" without some reference point or another Entity to distinguish and establish difference?
After all ones Self-Reflection is based soley on difference between Selfs.
"I" am "Me" and "You" are NOT "Me"
"You" ARE different.
The "I" and the "Me" are complex yet simple to understand.
In simplest terms, they ARE NOT the same.
"I am a good person." is not the same as "I am tall."
Just as "I," and "Me," are not the same as well.
Although the Self is distinct from Identity, the literature of self-psychology can offer some insight into how identity is maintained. From the vantage point of self-psychology, there are two areas of interest: the processes by which a self is formed (the "I"), and the actual content of the Schemata
[Pl. for Schema][The mental structures which represent one's understanding of the world.]
which compose the self-concept (the "Me").
Got the italics from Wiki. Couldnt explain it better than that.
Hope i have sparked an interest in some of you who took the time to read this, and hopefully you look it up
But I'm too lazy to write more on it.
P & L
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Lately I have gotten into the idea of "Self-Concept"
If you have never heard of this idea, it is extensively connected to "Identity."
In a sociological sense, it is, "...an individual's comprehension of him or herself as a discrete, separate entity." This is what creates the notion of Self,
as in "Ourselves," or, The mental model of what we think is us and our capacity for self-reflection and the awareness of Self.
In short, who we think we are in relation to what others see.
-Enter Existence, cue Fundamental Reason.-
I ask the questions...
In a place of pure Nothing, simply devoid of Anyone and Anything...
How would We view Ourselves?
Would we have a physical vessel for our conscious mind?
Could we view ourselves?
Would we have the capacity for something such as a Self, or Self-Realization?
Even "Identity" without some reference point or another Entity to distinguish and establish difference?
After all ones Self-Reflection is based soley on difference between Selfs.
"I" am "Me" and "You" are NOT "Me"
"You" ARE different.
The "I" and the "Me" are complex yet simple to understand.
In simplest terms, they ARE NOT the same.
"I am a good person." is not the same as "I am tall."
Just as "I," and "Me," are not the same as well.
Although the Self is distinct from Identity, the literature of self-psychology can offer some insight into how identity is maintained. From the vantage point of self-psychology, there are two areas of interest: the processes by which a self is formed (the "I"), and the actual content of the Schemata
[Pl. for Schema][The mental structures which represent one's understanding of the world.]
which compose the self-concept (the "Me").
Got the italics from Wiki. Couldnt explain it better than that.
Hope i have sparked an interest in some of you who took the time to read this, and hopefully you look it up
But I'm too lazy to write more on it.
P & L
