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Ideas for 'Causes and Counterfactuals', 'Letters to Pierre Bayle' and 'Consciousness: matter becomes imagination'

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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body
The self is founded on bodily awareness centred in the brain stem [Edelman/Tononi]
16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct
A sense of self begins either internally, or externally through language and society [Edelman/Tononi]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
Brains can initiate free actions before the person is aware of their own decision [Edelman/Tononi]
If we know what is good or rational, our knowledge is extended, and our free will restricted [Leibniz]