As long as race remains relevant as a means of constructing personal identity or projecting identity onto other people, race will remain a critical component of humanistic philosophies. A discussion of race as a metaphysical concept is distinctly different from a discussion of race as an ethical concept, even though both metaphysics and ethics fall under the rubric of philosophy. However, a discussion of race as an ontological issue depends on an understanding of race as an ethical issue as race has been socially constructed in status-oriented and hierarchal societies like the United States. Race is socially constructed, but race is… Continue Reading...
Personal Identity
This is what one might refer to as one’s true self. The sense of personal identity refers to who one is when not being examined professionally or superficially from the outside world. It can take a lifetime to discover one’s true self, whereas some people have a strong sense of it innately.
Professional Identity
One’s professional identity can be related to cultural identity, often when one’s profession wields a strong and influential sub-culture. For example, doctors and nurses often have a strong professional identity, in part because of… Continue Reading...
personal identity construction and thus, collective identity construction. Conway unfortunately overlooks the contributions made by African American women to the conversation, missing a grand opportunity to illustrate how race, class, and gender intersect through the medium of autobiographical memoir. Chapters like these are also purely expository, lacking the thesis-driven or persuasive verve that would elevate When Memory Speaks to a level readers may find profound. Conway lays the foundation for future scholars to explore these issues more in depth, though. In the third chapter, “The Romantic Heroine,” Conway does delve… Continue Reading...
socioeconomic class background, nationality, and age will also factor into issues like personal identity construction. Experiences with discrimination will also have a strong bearing on how a person perceives race, gender, and religion as markers of personal identity or as the screens through which they view the world. Religion, race, and gender can sometimes be visible markers that others use to project their own expectations and beliefs, thereby altering the person’s self-concept as well as the public discourse in the workplace. The discursive practices of identity construction continue to influence workplace communication and interpersonal relationships.
One of the main ways sociological variables… Continue Reading...
emanate from the application of the theory of meaning. If the customary notions of causality and personal identity are to hold meaning, it is imperative to have the ability to mark out such ideas to some impression. In particular, Hume does not entirely repudiate the notion of essential connection and causality. However, Hume does repudiate the customary notion of it being something like a main quality within objects themselves. As an alternative, he recommends that essential connection is similar to a minor quality that we onlookers carry out onto A-B categorizations when humans often perceive A and B. adjoined. Hume asserts that it is merely a… Continue Reading...
