Posted by cricket on July 25, 2005, at 15:49:39
In reply to Re: Yet another rave..., posted by alexandra_k on July 21, 2005, at 19:29:45
Hi Alex,
This is really over my head too, but I thought I would weigh in.
"Some theorists say that the self is a fiction or a construct, so actually, nobody has a self."
Is that Dennett?
That's exactly what my therapist would say.
It does tie in with the Buddhist idea of emptiness. There is no independently existing self. It arises dependent on causes and conditions.
You've certainly intrigued me. Which would be a good book by Dennett to start with? I think my therapist once recommended Consciousness Explained.
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