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#649 - Anil Seth - Does Your Brain Hallucinate Conscious Reality?
Modern Wisdom
Different levels of self
The nature of the self can be understood by breaking it down into different levels./nThe basic level of self is the experience of being a living organism./nEmotions and moods are key parts of the self./nEmotions are not perceptions of the external world but rather internal experiences./nThe body is experienced as separate from the rest of the world./nPerceiving the world from a first-person perspective is part of the self./nExperiences of agency and free will are also part of the self./nPersonal identity involves associations with a name, memories, and social influence./nThere are different dimensions of selfhood that are interconnected./nLab experiments, neurology, and psychiatry show that the different dimensions of self can come apart.
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