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#282 - Do You Really Have a Self?

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Role of Social Entanglement in Constructing Who We Are

Jay Parini: It also makes sense of the role that our social entanglement with others plays in constructing who we are. Our mental states can be more visible to others at times and perceptible to them than they are to ourselves. When we understand our interdependence with those around us, then we understand the role that others have in constituting and making possible who we are., he says.

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