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The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self

Paperback • 2010 • English

The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self

By Thomas Metzinger

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We're used to thinking about the self as an independent entity, something that we either have or are. In The Ego Tunnel, philosopher Thomas Metzinger claims otherwise: No such thing as a self exists. The conscious self is the content of a model created by our brain an internal image, but one we cannot experience as an image. Everything we experience is a virtual self in a virtual reality.”But if the self is not real,” why and how did it evolve? How does the brain construct it? Do we still have s...Show more

Mathematics and Science
Science: general issues
Philosophy and Religion

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9780465020690

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self

Format

Paperback

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