what am i who i am an inquiry in itself

<p>This dissertation is an elucidation of the nature of the self. It consists of two major parts.  </p><p>The first part is an investigation of the necessary and sufficient conditions of the self </p><p>appealing to four theses: the Conceivability Thesis the Equilibrium Thesis Panpsychism </p><p>and the Multiple Selves Doctrine and the Locus Thesis. Proponents of these views are </p><p>examined in detail including Descartes Avicenna Strawson Parfit and Dennett. The </p><p>conditions of selfhood are established through an examination of the individual's </p><p>perception and how they arrange their perceptions. The second part of the dissertation </p><p>discusses the influences of the outside or others' perception of a self and how this can </p><p>influence an individual's own impression of the self. This is considered using as examples </p><p>the psychological disorders of autism and schizophrenia. The primary aim of this </p><p>dissertation is to establish criteria for the presence of the self in the individual and to </p><p>examine some of the ways in which the self can be expressed. Furthermore this </p><p>dissertation begins to clarify the importance of the contribution the self makes towards a </p><p>person's successful functioning within his/her selected community. </p>