An Attempt of the Ego’s Axiomatic Conception

Authors

  • Eugeniusz Żabski Institute of Psychology, University of Wrocław

Keywords:

ego, logical identity, psychological identity, axiomatic definition

Abstract

Psychologists use identity’s and Ego’s conceptions. The first conception is not clear, the second one from logical point of view is not correct. The aim of this article is to provide the definition of these two conceptions.

Let: 1. P(=) is psychological (logical) identity’s indication
2. o, o 1 , o 2 ,.. (e, e 1 , e 2 ,..) are people’s (Ego’s) variables
3. j is the function’s indication. The expressions: j(o) (j (o i )), dla i>0, we read:
person’s Ego o (o i ).
The psychological identity’s definition provided in the article is as follows:
(P 1 ) ∀o (oPo),
(P 2 ) ∀o 1 ∀o 2 (o 1 Po 2 → o 2 Po 1 ),
(P 3 ) ∀o 1 ∀o 2 ∀o 3 (o 1 Po 2 ∧ o 2 Po 3 → o 1 Po 3 ),
(P 4 ) ∀o∀o 1 ∀o 2 ∀o 3 ∀R [(oRo) ∧ (o 1 Ro 2 → o 2 Ro 1 ) ∧ (o 1 Ro 2 ∧ o 2 Ro 3 →
o 1 Ro 3 ) ∧ (o 1 Po 2 → o 1 Ro 2 )].
And the Ego is defined as follows:
(I) ∀e (e = e),
(J 1 ) ∀e∃o [j(o) = e],
(J 2 ) ∀e∃o [j(o) = e],
(J 3 ) ∀o 1 ∀o 2 [j(o 1 ) = j(o 2 ) ≡ o 1 Po 2 ],
(J 4 ) ∀e∀o (e ≠ o),
(J 5 ) ∀e∀o ~ (ePo),
(J 6 ) ∀e 1 ∀e 2 ~ (e 1 Pe 2 ).

Published

2011-09-01

How to Cite

Żabski, E. (2011). An Attempt of the Ego’s Axiomatic Conception. The Philosophy of Science, 19(3), 63–69. Retrieved from https://fn.uw.edu.pl/index.php/fn/article/view/650