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fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Strangers Within Us Help to Shape Who We Are

Self-awareness depends on distinguishing subject and object, yet body-derived signals, emotions, microbiomes, and dualist paradoxes complicate direct self-knowledge.
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fromBig Think
1 month ago

What sea slugs can teach us about the nature of consciousness

Brains generate meaning by abstracting and memorizing patterns, challenging the perceived gap between physical brain processes and subjective mind.
philosophy
fromAeon
6 months ago

'Am I not at least something?' A surreal dive into Descartes's Meditations | Aeon Videos

Descartes establishes 'I think, therefore I am' as the only undeniable truth amidst pervasive doubt of sensory experiences and even mathematical principles.
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