John Locke's Notion of Self-Identity and David Hume's Argument about Self

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John Locke, an English philosopher, and political theorist was born in Wrington, Somerset, in 1632 and died in High Laver, Essex, in 1704, both in the United Kingdom. British empiricism and political liberalism have been attributed to him, and he is regarded as the first comprehensive exposition and justification of the two positions. Empiricism believes that all knowledge is derived through experience, and there are no innate notions that humans are born with. Humans are all tabula rasa from birth, Latin for "blank slate." Sensation and reflection are both parts of an experience.
Technically, according to John Locke, personal identity results from a person's psychological evolution. According to him, one's sense of self is not rooted in the physical body or soul but rather in conscious recollection (Ndlovu, 80). John Locke, a political theorist, and philosopher, challenged the divine right of the king's notion. They maintained that all people have natural rights to life, freedom, and property and that leaders who fail to uphold these rights can be removed by the people, even with force if necessary. An individual's memories are vital to developing a positive sense of self-image. Memory also aids young people in making better decisions in the future by bringing back memories of past mistakes and correcting future actions. Individuals are defined by their memories as far back as Locke's "memory theory." In other words, one's identity is heavily influenced by the things that one recalls from the past. With the fading of one's memories, one's identity is also gradually obscured.
Typically, David Hume carried on John Locke's empiricist tradition, holding that our direct sensory experience is the source of all actual knowledge. As it is seen, Locke's empiricist method led him to a variety of surprising conclusions about the self, such as the view that our awareness of the self is necessary for its existence (Iwuagwu et al. 74). According to Locke, one is not connected to any single body o...