Showing posts with label identity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label identity. Show all posts

Monday, 11 June 2012

Philosophy in Film: The Problem with Personal Identity


What makes me who I am? Is it my body or my brain that makes me unique? John Woo’s Face/Off raises these questions of personal identity.


If my memories, thoughts and experiences were implanted into a different body, would I still be me?  Or is it my body, the identifying thing about me, which defines me? Or could it be my behaviour is what shapes my personal identity?