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The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self

By Thomas Metzinger

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2009
ISBN
0465045677, 9780465045679
LCC
BF311 .M47 2009
Google Books ID
zQWTEwcEvj4C
Open Library ID
OL19373041M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
733 kB (750785 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
\0
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

We’re used to thinking about the self as an independent entity, something that we either have or are. In The Ego Tunnel, philosopher Thomas Metzinger claims otherwise: No such thing as a self exists. The conscious self is the content of a model created by our brain—an internal image, but one we cannot experience as an image. Everything we experience is “a virtual self in a virtual reality.”But if the self is not “real,” why and how did it evolve? How does the brain construct it? Do we still have souls, free will, personal autonomy, or moral accountability? In a time when the science of cognition is becoming as controversial as evolution, The Ego Tunnel provides a stunningly original take on the mystery of the mind.

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