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In Search Of The Self | Simon Blackburn, Mary Midgley, Colin Blakemore
Philosophy For Our Times
English - September 03, 2016 00:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MB - ★★★★ - 260 ratingsPhilosophy Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality free philosophy smart thinking intellectual news science art politics debates Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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There is no self, no 'I', only a flickering illusion. So claim many neuroscientists and philosophers. Yet for the rest of us, the denial of the self feels like a bitter pill to swallow. Is the self a fantasy? Or is it essential to our being and consciousness?
Cambridge and NCH philosopher Simon Blackburn, neuroscientist Colin Blakemore, philosopher and author of Are You an Illusion? Mary Midgley seek out the all seeing I.
In association with New College Humanities.
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