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A solution to the problem is to adopt impersonal views, theories that don't rely on the notion of personal identity, such as utilitarianism. But impersonal views lead to what Parfit calls the " repugnant conclusion ", the idea that "For any perfectly equal population with very high positive welfare, there is a population with very low positive ...
The non-identity problem arises from the observation that actions taken today can fundamentally alter which future people come into existence. In chapter 16 of Reasons and Persons , Parfit posits that one's existence is intimately related to the time and conditions of one's conception.
Identity disorder in the DSM was first listed as a separate diagnosis in version III (1980). [1] In the DSM-IV (1994), it was replaced by " Identity problem ", which was not defined as a mental disorder per se, but was listed in the chapter "Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention". [ 2 ]
An identity disturbance is a deficiency or inability to maintain one or more major components of identity. These components include a sense of continuity over time; emotional commitment to representations of self, role relationships, core values and self-standards; development of a meaningful world view; and recognition of one's place in the world.
A constant problem in mathematics, an indistinctness over whether an expression equals zero. Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Identity problem .
Identity (mathematics), an equality that holds regardless of the values of its variables; Identity element, an element of the set which leaves unchanged every element when the operation is applied; Identity function, a function that leaves its argument unchanged; Identity matrix, with ones on the main diagonal, zeros elsewhere
In psychology, identity crisis is a stage theory of identity development which involves the resolution of a conflict over eight stages of life. [1] [2] The term was coined by German psychologist Erik Erikson. The stage of psychosocial development in which identity crisis may occur is called identity cohesion vs. role confusion.
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