I like the contrast you create between television and actual social media. I think television portrayed or created the idea of what people wanted to be, and then the viewers could guide their identity through […]
I think that the main problem with Turkel’s bias is her lack of mention of the environments that are causing the alone togetherness. She only considers how people turn toward technology for attention, and makes it […]
When discussing Damasio earlier this semester the body seemed present in the understanding of the self, Damasio’s first two levels of self seemed in more direct relation with the body than the autobiographical […]
The juxtaposition between this week’s readings seems favorable to the process in which we find ourselves in the writing activity. On the one hand, a very academic and scientific scrutinizing of different ways in […]
I feel very much in agreement with your recognition of a need for specificity when dealing with mental health. It definitely could be hard to put into words something as ambiguous as the different ways that […]
I believe you hit the spot by thinking about who funds MacAdam’s research, because it is a question that can be made for all research that is being developed, especially in the medical and analgesic arena. Money […]
This week’s readings can put into question the aspect of “true self” that was discussed in earlier class discussions. Is a notion of “true self” created for individuals dealing with the hearing of voices? […]
Your reaction to Bechdel’s journey towards her realization of self, made me think of the conscious/unconscious juxtaposition or binary relationship. As far as we’ve read, consciousness and unconsciousness have […]
I like the option that you recall in Bechdel of his multiplicity leading to his demise; it displays a perfect portrait of the capacity that personalities or imagoes can have in a negative sense. It also brings […]
This week’s readings brought to my mind the eternal philosophical question of which came first, the chicken or the hen? Narrative Theory and the perspectives of identity seem to be putting forward Noe’s insistence […]
It’s not only that his argument is flawed by the lack of scientific knowledge; it’s mostly too sporadic, his jumping from one sort-of-related-in-a-way argument to the other creates almost a complete lack of a […]
Antonio Damasio seems to be on a genuine quest for balance. His stance is social, his structure academic, his style exquisitely populated by metaphor and simile. Reading him can be compared to speaking to a very […]
John, I agree with and have enjoyed very much your reaction to our assigned reading. I share with Jason the positioning that her constant reflection and breaking down of the more general juxtapositions in the […]
Adam, I agree with you completely on the complications that defining the self imply, and in the recognition of the fact that a balance between the biological and the psychological or psychoanalytical needs to […]
