Guess I’m left with AI 
Google AI’s Overview:
Philosophically, “Who am I?” is a profound question exploring the nature of one’s identity, delving into the complex interplay between our physical body, mental experiences, memories, values, relationships, and the narrative we construct about ourselves, essentially asking what constitutes our “self” within the larger context of existence; it touches on both ontology (the study of being) and epistemology (the study of knowledge) as the answer is highly subjective and can only be truly understood through deep self-reflection and analysis.
Key points to consider:
- Different philosophical perspectives:
- Physicalism: Identifies “self” with the physical body and brain, suggesting that our identity is solely based on our biological makeup.
- {This leaves out that your biology (body/brain) is constantly interacting with, and altering, depending upon the nature of that changing stimuli. }
- Mentalism: Focuses on the mind and consciousness as the core of identity, believing that our thoughts and experiences define who we are.
- {This leaves out that your mind and consciousness is produced by your body/brain interacting with the world (exterior and interior.)
It also ignores that all you know is processed through your body then brain, which can actively influence how you perceive a particular set of incoming information.}.
- Narrative Identity: Views “self” as a story we construct about ourselves through our experiences, memories, and goals, shaping our sense of identity through the narrative we tell ourselves and others.
- {This leaves out how much your body and gut (etc) impacts how you happen to perceive a particular set of incoming information.}
- Existentialism: Emphasizes the individual’s freedom to choose and create their own meaning in life, suggesting that identity is not fixed but constantly evolving.
- {This leaves out that your body/brain interacting with the world (exterior and interior) is what produces your sense of self and identity.
- It also neatly sidesteps how profoundly our body imagine colors our outlook on our life - above and beyond all the material stuff we can accumulate.
- This also avoids the unavoidable truth that life is in constant flux, nothing is fixed, why shouldn’t we change as life’s experiences add up? }
- Challenges to defining “self”:
- The mind-body problem: How does our conscious mind relate to our physical body, and which one is primary in defining our identity?
{That’s simple, look at the accumulated evidence of neuroscientists (a good start would be: Solms, Damasio, Sapolsky), it is our physical body and brain that produces our internal dialogue - as is the case with all other creatures who must be able to sense, process, and react in order to survive and procreate. (each according to their kind)
- Body+Brain interacting with the world (interior & exterior) = awareness.
In human’s advanced to an introspective consciousness.}
- Personal identity over time: If our thoughts, experiences, and even physical body change throughout life, how can we maintain a consistent sense of self?
- {This feels a bit silly. Look at your own body, anyones body, it grows and changes, yet sans serious trauma, of one kind or other, the child I was, still exists inside of me.
- Life is a cumulative thing, I am today the cumulative product of all the experiences of life time. I’m very different from the child me, but I’m still the living product of this living body I inhabit and have tried to respect and nurture as I’ve lived my life.
- Personally what’s amazing me as I’m closing in on 70 years of living, is how close that bright eyed 18 year old remains. How easy it is for a piece of music to resurface all my feelings of wonder, and fresh freedom in the moment, into my living present old man’s body.}
- Social construction of identity: How do our social roles, relationships, and cultural context influence our perception of who we are?
- {Piece by piece all of our experiences work together with other factors to construct our identity, which is in flux and new experience challenge us.
How we process those inputs depends on our nature and history and how that interacts with our environments to nurture or harm one’s sense of self value.}
And thoughts?