It’s a constant battle between cogito ergo sum and esse est percipi.
What is the self?
Submitted 1 day ago by lemmyknow@lemmy.today to [deleted]
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melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
A fleeting subjective experience in an ocean of possible experiences.
Xaphanos@lemmy.world 1 day ago
A complex interaction between your unique memories, your unique biological composition, your past and present environments, and the ongoing neurological processes that experience and interpret them.
6nk06@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Everything is explained by one of our gods: …blogspot.com/…/why-explicit-self-has-to-stay.htm…
Isa@feddit.org 1 day ago
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 1 day ago
It’s the thing in the corner of your flat, that’s where you put plants or book you’ll say you’ll read but you will not
Steelpan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The self is that which knows itself as it actually is.
Lexam@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh it’s me. Hi, how’s it going?
Perspectivist@feddit.uk 1 day ago
It’s an illusion that there is a centre to consciousness. It’s a subjective feeling that you are located somewhere up there behind your face looking out into the world, authoring your thoughts and making decisions.