(May 19, 2016 at 12:12 pm)quip Wrote:(May 18, 2016 at 9:03 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Well, the only rational thing I could come up with is that this sense...or temptation to ask myself, "why am I me and not anyone else" is just a physiological byproduct of existing as a conscious entity. The very nature of consciousness lends its self to a feeling of separateness from the rest of what is going on "out there." (Rob is gearing up to scratch his solipsistic itch [emoji6]). The urge to ask, 'why aren't I experiencing reality from my husband's point of view, or someone else's?' is just a guilty philosophical indulgence. I think the idea that there is a "reason" for it is just an illusion generated by our humanness.
Good response. Is the self itself such a generated illusion? What exactly is the self..is it the body, mind or some odd commingling of both?
Well, I think our resident atheists have done a good job approaching this question for you already. The consensus here in this thread is that our egocentric sense of self is the result of the experience of consciousness, generated by our brains. So, a combination of both. Maybe scientists will explore this subject sometime in the near future, as I do find it quite fascinating.
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Wiser words were never spoken.
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