The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) / quote 202 of 254

Do we create our own identity?

If character has to be built in important ways, could one go further and say that identity itself is not just given, but is something we in some way create ourselves, by our actions? One of the most persistent recent advocates of this view is the philosopher Christine Korsgaard.

Saved 23 April 2015

#self-creation #identity #action

Related / other sources, sharing tags

A frog's eye is not a camera

Importantly, the frog will persist with this behaviour. It will never adapt its behaviour in light of the unsuccessful attempts to capture the fly. The moral…

Introducing Artificial Intelligence (Henry Brighton and Howard Selina) #perception #representation #animals #action

Behaviors in parallel, with no central control

Behaviours are built on, to yield more complex behaviours. Unlike much of conventional robotics, which takes the sense-model-plan-act cycle as a starting…

Introducing Artificial Intelligence (Henry Brighton and Howard Selina) #robotics #perception #action #embodiment

Career change: take conscious action

Recognise what you can and cannot control, and do things with purpose. I cannot change the world around me. I cannot change others. But I do have control over…

Lessons From My Career Change: Five Ways To Make Your Move Sustainable | Guardian Careers | Guardian Professional #things #thought #action #purpose #world

Causal relations are all there is to a belief

Beliefs, for example, are caused by perceptions and together with desires they cause actions. Such causal relations are all that there is to having a belief.

Mind: A Brief Introduction (John R. Searle) #functionalism #beliefs #perception #action

Contemplation instead of action

Finally, the game of life as Western man has been “playing” it for the past century needs less emphasis on practicality, results, progress, and aggression…

The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are #vision #skills #action

Doctrine of predestination

Reformed theologians teach that sin so affects human nature that they are unable even to exercise faith in Christ by their own will. While people are said to…

Calvinism (wikipedia Contributors) #people #persons #action #choice #nature #characteristics