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'The Problem of the Soul', 'Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind' and 'Varieties of Causation'
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16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 1. Existence of Persons
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Persons are selves - subjects of experience, with reflexive self-knowledge [Lowe]
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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / b. Self as brain
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If my brain could survive on its own, I cannot be identical with my whole body [Lowe]
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16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection
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It seems impossible to get generally applicable mental concepts from self-observation [Lowe]
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity
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We only have a sense of our self as continuous, not as exactly the same [Flanagan]
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 3. Reference of 'I'
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All human languages have an equivalent of the word 'I' [Lowe]
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16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 3. Narrative Self
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The self is an abstraction which magnifies important aspects of autobiography [Flanagan]
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We are not born with a self; we develop a self through living [Flanagan]
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16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self
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For Buddhists a fixed self is a morally dangerous illusion [Flanagan]
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 1. Nature of Free Will
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Normal free will claims control of what I do, but a stronger view claims control of thought and feeling [Flanagan]
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Free will is held to give us a whole list of desirable capacities for living [Flanagan]
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
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People believe they have free will that circumvents natural law, but only an incorporeal mind could do this [Flanagan]
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We only think of ourselves as having free will because we first thought of God that way [Flanagan]
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