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The self-model

Is there a you behind the reports?

Can you find the self you are so sure you have?
David Hume · A Treatise of Human Nature, I.iv.6 · 1739 · The self-model
What exactly is your self-esteem a ratio of?
William James · The Principles of Psychology, ch. X · 1890 · The self-model
How much of the person you were at twenty-two is still you?
Derek Parfit · Reasons and Persons, Part III · 1984 · The self-model
Why does a representation feel like an owner?
Thomas Metzinger · The Ego Tunnel, after Being No One · 2009 · The self-model
What is left of you when the story is subtracted?
Daniel Dennett · The Self as a Center of Narrative Gravity · 1992 · The self-model
Are your reasons causes or press releases?
Michael Gazzaniga · split-brain studies; The Ethical Brain · 2005 · The self-model