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#282 - Do You Really Have a Self?

May 23, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live Without a Self
02:46 • 4min
3
The Importance of Meditation in Buddhist Philosophy
06:50 • 2min
4
The Illusion of the Self
08:51 • 5min
5
The Illusion of a Self
13:31 • 2min
6
The Inner Homunculus
15:01 • 5min
7
The Importance of Being Aware of the Self Illusion
20:27 • 2min
8
The Alusoryness of the Self
22:40 • 4min
9
The Importance of Language in Hyper Social Beings
27:06 • 3min
10
The Paradox of Dependence
29:36 • 3min
11
The Dependence of Conceptual Imputation
32:50 • 6min
12
The Neuroscience of the Self
38:40 • 4min
13
The Illusion of Freedom
43:00 • 2min
14
The Volintoss of Will
44:42 • 5min
15
The Dualistic Starting Point of Pure Subjectivity
49:43 • 2min
16
The Natural Attitude of Subject Object Duality
51:46 • 6min
17
The Neurological Case for the Illusion of the Self
57:16 • 5min
18
The Importance of Conceptual Imputation in Reality
01:01:55 • 2min
19
The Promise of Non-Duality and Emptiness
01:04:01 • 2min
20
The Concept of Emptiness in Buddhism
01:06:11 • 4min
21
The Mind-Only School of Buddhism
01:10:08 • 6min
22
The Importance of Recognizing the Truth of Emptiness
01:15:49 • 5min
23
The Neurology of Vision
01:21:04 • 1min
24
The Non-Duality of Experience
01:22:19 • 5min
25
Anxiety and the Self Illusion
01:27:05 • 2min
26
The Role of Social Entanglement in Constructing Who We Are
01:29:08 • 2min