Sharlow, Mark (2007) I Am an Abstraction, Therefore I Am. [Preprint]
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Abstract
In this paper I examine a new variant of the well-known idea that the self is an abstract object. I propose a simple model of the self as a property of temporal slices of a body's history. I argue that this model, when combined with even a modest realism with regard to properties, implies that the self has many of the chief features traditionally attributed to selves. I conclude that this model allows one to reconcile the full reality of the self with even the most deflationary materialistic theories of consciousness.
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| Additional Information: | This is an updated version of a paper that appeared previously on the author's website. | ||||||
| Keywords: | self, consciousness, materialism, realism | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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| Depositing User: | Mark Sharlow | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2008 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:16 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 3787 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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| Date: | December 2007 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3787 |
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