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In this way he begins to acquire a style of living which is his own and which contributes to his sense of identity and to others' identification of him. In the achievement of a sense of self-identity, the child needs models with which to identify himself. Especially is this true during his adolescence.
The biological functions of people in coma are maintained. But do they have an identity, a self? If yes, why do we "pull the plug" on them so often? Thus, Dan clearly has a self-identity. But he is inconsistent. Though he clearly is possessed of a self-identity, we cannot say that he has the SAME self-identity he possessed before the crash. In other words, we cannot say that he, indeed, is Dan.
The acts of will which bring it to the surface are what we call "memory" and "introspection". Self-identity is the object and predicate of memory and introspection. It is as though self-identity were an emergent extensive parameter of the complex human system measurable by the dual techniques of memory and introspection.
Dan himself does not feel that he has a self-identity at all. In other words, Dan has no memory. Interim conclusion: Having a memory is a necessary and sufficient condition for possessing a self-identity. III. Repression When we postulate memory don't we already presuppose the existence of a "remembering agent" with an established self-identity?
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