xdeiz t1_jdvzdp5 wrote
How is that a paradox.
superfuntime11 t1_jdw38xl wrote
The paradox lies in this fact: Our individuality is defined in our minds by the intersections of our individuality with others. To define all the things that make you you a person, one needs to define all these things through a lens of the person. It's a catch 22 where you can't define yourself without considering yourself as part of another whole.
xdeiz t1_jdx7f09 wrote
How is it paradoxical though? You're just describing phenomenology of spirit.
Sydhavsfrugter t1_jdxbop1 wrote
There are different ways of categorizing paradoxes, some more lenient in definition than others.
Might be the reason why it is used in discussions such as this one?
lluluna t1_jdw5ujf wrote
In short, a person has no sense of uniqueness by themselves. Hence the paradox.
Nearby-Implement-870 t1_jdwyt2l wrote
You have restated that it is a paradox without explaining the contradiction. Uniqueness is a comparative measure, of course it can't be established without comparison.
McDoof t1_jdxb148 wrote
I see it as less of a paradox and more as a counterintuitive claim. I first encountered a similar idea myself through discussions of "memory." In cultural anthropology (cf. Halbwachs, Assmann) some thinkers claim that (cultural) memory is social and cannot exist in an isolated individual.
Dantien t1_jdw69mx wrote
“Easy, Paradox, we are all on the same team.”
xdeiz t1_jdx7h4m wrote
Paradox is when my head goes hmm
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