Episode 176: Split-Brains and the (Dis)Unity of Consciousness
Very Bad Wizards
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The Problem With Language
When a human beings behavioral control system becomes seriously impaired, it can turn out that the best hermeneucal story we can tell about that individual says that there is more than one character inhabiting that body. This is quite possible in the view of the self that I've been presenting. It does not require any met fancy metaphysical miracles. In most people, this idea of one's continuous self unified self makes total sense. But if certain things start happening, multiple personality disorder or split brain under certain very controlled conditions, that might not be the best story. And at that point, maybe a different story is better, or maybe it's just indeterminate.
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