Douglas Giles, PhD
1 min readAug 20, 2022

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I do, but more importantly, I speak for every sentient being. You should not put words in my mouth. I did not say thoughts are the entirety of who we are, anymore than the hand, or stomach, or head is the entirety of who we are, but it is foolish to suggest that there are not us. John Locke reduced all persons to experiences, https://medium.com/inserting-philosophy/john-lockes-epistemology-eb83e4cfe2c6, but as Henri Bergson, https://medium.com/inserting-philosophy/the-forgotten-brilliance-of-henri-bergson-8c33f79794c8, Max Scheler, https://medium.com/inserting-philosophy/max-schelers-philosophy-of-the-person-e61f13e06904, and Edith Stein, https://medium.com/inserting-philosophy/edith-stein-philosophys-saint-adc6c3884b71, each showed, experiences have to be experienced by a person. As we experience our experiences, we add to them and make choices about them, and in so doing, we create who we are. Our thoughts are not the entirety of who we are, our thoughts and what we do with them are the entirety of who we are. I did say this in the article.

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Douglas Giles, PhD
Douglas Giles, PhD

Written by Douglas Giles, PhD

Philosopher by trade & temperament, professor for 21 years, bringing philosophy out of its ivory tower and into everyday life. https://dgilesauthor.com/

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