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    If the ground of selfhood is non-social, social relations... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The self is fundamentally social in character.

    If the ground of selfhood is non-social, social relations can shape but cannot constitute the self fundamentally.

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    • 1.Personal identity persists through social isolation, suggesting a core self exists independent of social relations.
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    • 2.Infants develop selfhood before acquiring language or social competence, indicating pre-social foundations.
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    • 3.Individuals can recognize contradictions between their authentic desires and social pressures, presupposing an independent self.
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    • 1.The very concepts used to identify a 'self' (names, psychological categories, values) are linguistically and socially constructed.
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    • 2.Neurologically, self-awareness and identity emerge through social mirroring and intersubjective interaction, not in isolation.
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    • 3.The distinction between 'shaping' and 'constituting' the self is unclear—social relations may be constitutive yet allow for variation.
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