Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: April 24, 2024, 10:32 pm
Atheist Forums › Community › Philosophy v
Is the idea of self a coherent concept?

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
Is the idea of self a coherent concept?
bennyboy Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: agnostic
Posts: 9147
Threads: 83
Joined: May 22, 2013
Reputation: 46
#1
Is the idea of self a coherent concept?
January 1, 2017 at 8:01 am
Yeah, sure, it's a useful label.  "I hurt myself while skiing" or whatever.

But upon deeper inquiry, what is really there?
Find
Reply


Atheist Forums › Community › Philosophy v
Is the idea of self a coherent concept?

Messages In This Thread
Is the idea of self a coherent concept? - by bennyboy - January 1, 2017 at 8:01 am
RE: Is the idea of self a coherent concept? - by chimp3 - January 1, 2017 at 8:20 am
RE: Is the idea of self a coherent concept? - by bennyboy - January 1, 2017 at 10:02 am
RE: Is the idea of self a coherent concept? - by chimp3 - January 1, 2017 at 10:03 am
RE: Is the idea of self a coherent concept? - by Angrboda - January 1, 2017 at 10:21 am

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Is the self all that can be known to exist? Excited Penguin 132 15112 December 15, 2016 at 7:32 pm
Last Post: Tonus
  Supernatural isn't a useful concept Rhizomorph13 85 11559 November 12, 2016 at 3:15 am
Last Post: Ignorant
  Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology? Ignorant 69 7820 May 26, 2016 at 7:49 pm
Last Post: Ben Davis
  Let's play with the concept of 'Supernatural' ErGingerbreadMandude 13 2107 March 22, 2016 at 4:01 am
Last Post: BrianSoddingBoru4
  'Success' is an illusionary concept. CapnAwesome 24 4894 December 19, 2015 at 4:36 pm
Last Post: Edwardo Piet
  Meaninglessness of the god concept Captain Scarlet 7 2829 September 15, 2015 at 5:36 pm
Last Post: Alex25
  Does a "True Self" Exist? Salacious B. Crumb 68 14336 July 17, 2015 at 6:11 am
Last Post: chasbanner
  Necessary First Principles, Self-Evident Truths Mudhammam 4 1820 July 10, 2015 at 9:48 pm
Last Post: Pyrrho
  THE SELF-REINFORCING NATURE OF SOCIAL HIERARCHY: ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF POWER .. nihilistcat 9 3843 June 29, 2015 at 7:06 pm
Last Post: nihilistcat
  Is one-world-language a good idea? Aoi Magi 45 6505 February 9, 2015 at 3:32 pm
Last Post: thesummerqueen



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)