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

Type

Book

Authors

Thomas Metzinger

ISBN 10

0465020690

ISBN 13

9780465020690

Tags

Energy Production & Extraction, New Thought, Cognitive Psychology, Anatomy, Biology, History & Philosophy, Cognitive, Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuropsychology, Consciousness & Thought, Philosophy, Anatomy & Physiology

Description

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 brainan 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 souls, free will, personal autonomy, or moral accountability? In a time when the science of cognition is becoming as controversial as evolution, The Ego Tunnel provides a stunningly original take on the mystery of the mind. - from Amzon

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