
Galen Strawson on the Sense of Self
Philosophy Bites
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The Importance of Internal Narrative
Some people function efficiently without an elaborate self-consciousness about themselves. If you're just trying to regiment your life into some satisfying kind of narrative in order to make sense of it, you may just be missing out on almost everything that matters. The true me is something that rather that emerges at certain moments as that famous over quoted moment when he dips his biscuit in the cup of tea and suddenly is his back as he was when he was nine or something.
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