Today, our discussion was centered around John Locke and Thomas Reid. Locke was very focused on the idea that who we are is based on our memories. Most of us disagreed with that. While memory has it's place in shaping who you are, it is not the most important. Who we are is made up by much more than what we remember right at this moment. We talked about our identity being made up of our experiences throughout our lives. You change and grow by what you go through and what you experience. However, if you lost all of your memories of all your experiences then it could completely alter who you are.
We also talked about Locke's idea of the mind (the individual) and the body being separate entities. This could explain multiple personality disorder, where multiple "minds" occupy one body.
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