A Framework for Personal Identity Location: A Wholistic View

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) (2024) written by Jeremy Horne Ph.D. based on the work of John Voris (Authentic Systems).

Identity location occurs by reductionism (such as neurocorrelation and DNA) or wholism (qualitative methods like phenomenology). Regardless, philosophy underpins finding and characterizing one’s identity. Metaphysical barriers prevent “absolute” discovery, and we are forced to bootstrap (as do logicians and mathematicians), using ontology and epistemology to support our quests. Previous articles explained the Cartesian (reductionist/quantitative) method (one being neurogeometry), so the balance is achieved here by qualitative means, exemplified by Russell W. Belk, Donald Brown, and, overall, phenomenology. 49 Pages

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Distributed in the following e-journals:

• Ethics e-Journal
• Philosophy of Mind e-Journal
• Social and Personality Psychology e-Journal
• Psychology Research Methods e-Journal
• Social Psychology e-Journal

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