Philosophy - Life Definitions

The following is what I belief to be true.

Identity
Your memories define you as you. The day you are able to record experiences is the day you are born into existence. From that point onward to the day you die, every bit of sense data (smell, sight, taste, touch, and sound) you experience change you. Life is ever changing. The only way you can be considered the same as you were at a previous time is if you limit your scope to something such as a belief or your hair color. People still consider you as the same person because you are very similar to the definition of you they have in their memories.

Memory
All sense data that enters your brain is recorded and called a memory. When a memory is created, it is given tags, or qualities of that memory. To recall a memory, you input tags and your mind searches for criteria that fit the given tags. Sometimes when trying to recall a memory, you'll get stuck on a memory that is very similar to what you're actually looking for.
Your mind can also create memories without sense data input. In fact, this is part of your thinking process. This also happens when you read a story. Your mind creates the sense data, stores it as a memory, and plays it back to you. This is the visualization of the story.
Memories grow old and fade if not refreshed. When trying to recall an old memory, it will not be complete, so your mind will create new pieces to try and fill the holes in the memory. Sometimes a memory may become so faded that your mind cannot fully piece it together without new sense data.

Morals
Human kind created the concept of morals. There are two kinds of morals, individual morals and group morals. Each person has their own set of morals which is called their individual morals. The group morals are a collection of similar individual morals. Group morals are relative to the scope of the collection. The scope could be increased to all the people in the world, decreased to the people of a small town, or set to a specific category of people.

Death
When life dies, it loses its ability to create and recall memories and thus almost all abilities to actively affect other life. However, its physical pieces can still affect life because they just change forms and never really cease to exist (matter cannot be created nor destroyed). Dying is simply the process of reorganizing and becoming part of other life.

- Cody Yates
10/11/09
6:30pm