who are you?

College Life
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<p>which one is the more accurate model of “you”?</p>

<p>is it your thoughts, feelings, and stuff that goes on in your mind?</p>

<p>or is it your actions?</p>

<p>which one makes you…</p>

<p>you…</p>

<p>?</p>

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<p>haha this sounds like an essay topic</p>

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<p>I think the question is WHO ARE YOU</p>

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<p>Thoughts. Not actions.</p>

<p>You’re still you even when you’re paralyzed.</p>

<p>You’re not you when you’re brain dead.</p>

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<p>since one can’t always act as one would want, one’s thoughts and feelings, which are unlimited, are the truer self.</p>

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<p>This sounds like an essay topic with the potential to become very cliche…</p>

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<p>This is kind of a dumb question.</p>

<p>Before you do something, you always THINK about doing it. Actions aren’t removed from your mental processes. </p>

<p>Therefore your thoughts would be what makes you, you…and they include your ultimate physical decisions i.e. actions.</p>

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<p><---------dropping philosophy</p>

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<p>Who am I?
Someone who hates philosophy.</p>

<p>(Amen to the prevous post)</p>

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<p>Today when asked, “Who are you?” we usually reply with, “I am…(name).” I assume the OP means to find more than just a name, so let’s substitute “you” with “your person.”</p>

<p>Also we need to qualify “thoughts” and “actions.” In this case we’ll define an “action” as the mental spark that leads to doing and the actual doing itself. For example, your brain goes “move arm,” and your arm moves; this is an action (this partly coincides with hardtoimpress’ point). We’ll define “thoughts” as cognition: perception, learning, and reasoning that does not directly lead to doing. Your philosophy on life would be an example.</p>

<p>Now, except in rare cases of mental/physical abnormalities, we cannot separate our actions and thoughts when answering the question “who is your person?” I believe the “person” is composed of body and mind, action and cognition; however, some persons are more well know for their mind or body. A baseball player is better known for playing baseball (action) while a good philosopher is better known for thinking (cognition). Generally, though, when someone says, “who are you?” I respond with what I do and what I believe (and my name).</p>

<p>It’s a long way of saying both. I feel like an idiot for writing all that.</p>