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'Introduction to 'Virtues of Authenticity'', 'Analogy of Religion' and 'Consciousness Explained'
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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 4. Presupposition of Self
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People accept blurred boundaries in many things, but insist self is All or Nothing [Dennett]
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Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler]
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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / c. Self as brain controller
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The psychological self is an abstraction, not a thing in the brain [Dennett]
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / a. Memory is Self
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If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler]
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / c. Inadequacy of mental continuity
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Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler]
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 5. Concerns of the Self
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If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future [Butler]
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16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct
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Selves are not soul-pearls, but artefacts of social processes [Dennett]
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16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 3. Narrative Self
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We tell stories about ourselves, to protect, control and define who we are [Dennett]
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We spin narratives about ourselves, and the audience posits a centre of gravity for them [Dennett]
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16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self
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The brain is controlled by shifting coalitions, guided by good purposeful habits [Dennett]
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