Examples Of Locke In Memento
In the movie Memento, Leonard Shelby is unable to form new memories, with recent events fading within a few minutes. He has no way of knowing what he has done or what has happened since his accident, and according to Locke and Hume this means he is no longer one individual, rather changing constantly with his memories. On the other hand Sartre claims that a human is the essence he has created for himself. In the following paper I will argue that Locke and Hume are correct and that Sartre’s view of existentialism does not apply to the case of Leonard Shelby. However, I will also suggest that even if we were to accept Sartre’s views it still would not provide adequate proof that Leonard Shelby is still the same individual.
According to Locke the concept of …show more content…
In Hume’s understanding of the self we see that a person is nothing more than a bundle of interconnected perceptions, or memories, linked together in a relatively linear path. We can continue to expand upon this idea by interpreting the ideas of Hume by stating that a self is just a cohesive group of thoughts, and if a person were to have two separate group of thoughts that are accessed individually that would make that person two separate individuals. In the case of Leonard Shelby he is only able to form bundles of memories lasting a few minutes. This means each group of memories that Leonard forms constitutes a new individual. Taking into account the views of Hume I can make the assumption that Leonard Shelby is not the same person he was before the accident, since the memories from before his incident are separate from the memories he makes in the present that means that he is at the minimum two separate individuals. If we count each string of memories he makes as this new individual that means that he becomes a new person multiple times a
According to Locke the concept of …show more content…
In Hume’s understanding of the self we see that a person is nothing more than a bundle of interconnected perceptions, or memories, linked together in a relatively linear path. We can continue to expand upon this idea by interpreting the ideas of Hume by stating that a self is just a cohesive group of thoughts, and if a person were to have two separate group of thoughts that are accessed individually that would make that person two separate individuals. In the case of Leonard Shelby he is only able to form bundles of memories lasting a few minutes. This means each group of memories that Leonard forms constitutes a new individual. Taking into account the views of Hume I can make the assumption that Leonard Shelby is not the same person he was before the accident, since the memories from before his incident are separate from the memories he makes in the present that means that he is at the minimum two separate individuals. If we count each string of memories he makes as this new individual that means that he becomes a new person multiple times a