Justin B Lewis: Theory in Individualism

Individual personality in the closest mathematical phrase for its explanation due to forever changing behavior in part to the ability to ration w ones self is, E=mc² / 2. This is also in part to NOT being able to be in an exact spot at the same exact time bc of the infinite possibilities of here to there, so no matter how much any two are alike, the difference in space and time, will always produce a large enough difference that it will present itself at surface of its host.

JUSTIN B LEWIS: THEORY IN INDIVIDUALISM, The reason for the two twins not to like the same ice cream flavor is because #1 dropped his first vanilla cone and ants bit him after he tried picking it up and eating it. After that he never at vanilla again but #2 loves vanilla. I guess u could quote Justin B Lewis:Theory in individualism E= mc² / 2

by Irishinjun7 June 24, 2021

Hard Problem of the Individual

The tension between the self as a unique, autonomous agent and the self as a socially constructed node. We experience ourselves as free, coherent individuals with an inner essence ("me"). Yet neuroscience, sociology, and psychology reveal that our thoughts, desires, and identities are shaped by genes, culture, language, and circumstance. The hard problem is: Where is the "true" individual in that web of influences? If you remove all the social programming and biological determinism, is anything left? The concept of the sovereign individual may be a necessary fiction for law and morality, but a fiction nonetheless.

Example: You choose a career as an artist, feeling it's your authentic passion. But how did that "passion" form? Through childhood exposure to certain books, a teacher's encouragement, and societal messages about creative expression. Your "free choice" is the output of a million inputs. The hard problem: To hold you responsible for your actions, society must treat you as an indivisible, choosing self. But to understand you, science must dissolve you into constituent processes. The individual is both the foundational unit of modern life and a philosophical mirage that disappears upon close inspection. Hard Problem of the Individual.

by Enkigal January 24, 2026

Theory of Constructed Individual

The counterintuitive argument that the modern concept of the unique, autonomous, inward-looking "self" is a historical invention, not a universal human truth. In this view, our sense of having a private, consistent identity with personal desires and rights is shaped by culture, language, and institutions (like psychology and law). You are not just expressing your true self; you are performing a self that your society has taught you how to be.

*Example: "My great-grandfather saw himself as part of a family, village, and church. I see myself as a 'unique individual' with personal dreams. The Theory of Constructed Individual says we're both right—our sense of self was built by different worlds. My 'authentic self' is a performance scripted by 21st-century individualism, just as his was by communal obligation."*

by Abzu Land January 31, 2026

Every crime, without exception, is an exact, color photograph of the individual's behavior.

A tautological but pointed statement emphasizing that a criminal charge is a legalistic representation of an act, not an objective moral judgment. The "photograph" is framed by the state's lens: the same act (possession of a substance) may be a crime in one jurisdiction and legal in another. It highlights the artificial, constructed line between "criminal" and "non-criminal" behavior.

"Every crime, without exception, is an exact, color photograph of the individual's behavior." Example: A person is arrested for "vagrancy." The "color photograph" is their behavior: sleeping on a park bench. The charge is the state's caption. The statement forces us to separate the act (sleeping) from the socially imposed label ("crime"), revealing how law defines deviance.

by Nammugal February 5, 2026

Psychology of the Individual

The study of the single human mind—its development, its functioning, its pathologies, and its potential. The individual is the fundamental unit of psychological analysis, the locus of experience, the subject of consciousness. The psychology of the individual examines how each person becomes who they are (through genetics, experience, choice), how they navigate the world (through perception, emotion, cognition), and how they sometimes break (through trauma, disorder, crisis). It also examines the tension between individuality and sociality—how we become ourselves only in relation to others, yet experience ourselves as separate. The individual is both real and illusory: we are distinct, yet we are also nodes in networks, products of systems, parts of wholes.

Example: "He studied the psychology of the individual to understand himself—his patterns, his wounds, his potential. Therapy revealed that his 'individual' problems were also family problems, cultural problems, human problems. He was unique and typical, separate and connected. Understanding that paradox was the beginning of wisdom."

by Dumu The Void February 16, 2026

Sociology of the Individual

The study of how individuality itself is socially constructed—how different societies create different kinds of individuals, how the very idea of a separate self is a historical and cultural product. The individual is not a universal; it's a specific way of being human that emerged in certain times and places (the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, modern capitalism). The sociology of the individual examines how societies produce individuals (through education, family, media), how they regulate them (through norms, laws, expectations), and how they deal with those who don't fit (through deviance, labeling, exclusion). It also examines the paradox of modern life: we're told to be ourselves, but the self we're supposed to be is socially prescribed. The individual is both real and constructed, free and determined.

Example: "She studied the sociology of the individual and realized her quest to 'find herself' was a product of her time and place. In other eras, in other cultures, the question wouldn't make sense. She was searching for something her society had invented, which didn't make it less real—just less universal. She kept searching, knowing the search itself was social."

by Dumu The Void February 16, 2026