Posted by cricket on July 26, 2005, at 10:06:54
In reply to Re: Yet another rave... » cricket, posted by alexandra_k on July 25, 2005, at 17:02:32
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> Yeah. I'm thinking that the writing style really isn't helping... I wrote this years ago now. It was the first bit of research I had done. The longest thing I had ever written. And I picked the topic all by myself :-)I'm impressed. I don't think it's the writing style at all. It's just that it requires a bit more work on my part than I am used to doing in Babble.
> Um... Dennett ends up saying that the self is a fiction, yes. This is the main psychology / philosophy line. That there isn't any such thing as a self. I pretty much agree with Dennett... But...
Yes, I agree too. But... when you really let that sink in, not just an intellectual understanding, don't you feel a bit like you're teetering on the edge of an abyss?
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> I would suggest that a place to start would be online... I'll see if I can find a link to some of his easier going stuff on the self... (Not to say it will be easy but it should be fairly comprehensible with a lot of effort).
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> 'The Origins of Selves'
> http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/originss.htm
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> Got it from here:
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> http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/pubpage.htmThanks so much Alex for the links. As soon as I get a chance, I will poke around.
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