I think it’s reverse; we do what we are. Doing is minor form of being.
There is a quote related to this that I read long time ago and always found intriguing: “We change the world not by what we think or do but by what we have become.”
If you’d told me it involved existential philosophy I’d have been on it sooner. Though my familiarity with Sartre is not as good as with Camus, I tend to agree with him.
also, I’m a psychology major, not a philosophy major, so there are some limitations to my ability in that field.
The idea that the mind is created through our reactions is mostly backed up. Your DNA might code for higher neurotransmitters of one type or another, or some form of neurodivergence, it’s rarely that simple. For one thing that DNA itself is effected by parent lifestyle, a reaction itself. Another is that maternal health determines a lot, again something to react to.
But even DNA is not a perfect predictor. You might have predisposition for something, but whether that expresses has a lot to do with your experience.
How we react becomes who we are, our traumas shape us.
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I think it’s reverse; we do what we are. Doing is minor form of being.
There is a quote related to this that I read long time ago and always found intriguing: “We change the world not by what we think or do but by what we have become.”
the idea i was talking about was the ‘does existence precede essence’ thing.
If you’d told me it involved existential philosophy I’d have been on it sooner. Though my familiarity with Sartre is not as good as with Camus, I tend to agree with him.
also, I’m a psychology major, not a philosophy major, so there are some limitations to my ability in that field.
The idea that the mind is created through our reactions is mostly backed up. Your DNA might code for higher neurotransmitters of one type or another, or some form of neurodivergence, it’s rarely that simple. For one thing that DNA itself is effected by parent lifestyle, a reaction itself. Another is that maternal health determines a lot, again something to react to.
But even DNA is not a perfect predictor. You might have predisposition for something, but whether that expresses has a lot to do with your experience.
How we react becomes who we are, our traumas shape us.