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Ideas for 'The Architecture of Theories', 'Consciousness Explained' and 'Monadology'

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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 4. Presupposition of Self
7385 People accept blurred boundaries in many things, but insist self is All or Nothing [Dennett]
16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / c. Self as brain controller
7383 The psychological self is an abstraction, not a thing in the brain [Dennett]
16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self
19362 We know the 'I' and its contents by abstraction from awareness of necessary truths [Leibniz]
16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct
7386 Selves are not soul-pearls, but artefacts of social processes [Dennett]
16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 3. Narrative Self
7381 We tell stories about ourselves, to protect, control and define who we are [Dennett]
7382 We spin narratives about ourselves, and the audience posits a centre of gravity for them [Dennett]
16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self
7370 The brain is controlled by shifting coalitions, guided by good purposeful habits [Dennett]