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'fragments/reports', 'Consciousness Explained' and 'Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals'
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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 4. Presupposition of Self
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People accept blurred boundaries in many things, but insist self is All or Nothing [Dennett]
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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / c. Self as brain controller
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The psychological self is an abstraction, not a thing in the brain [Dennett]
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16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct
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Selves are not soul-pearls, but artefacts of social processes [Dennett]
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16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 3. Narrative Self
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We tell stories about ourselves, to protect, control and define who we are [Dennett]
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We spin narratives about ourselves, and the audience posits a centre of gravity for them [Dennett]
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16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self
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The brain is controlled by shifting coalitions, guided by good purposeful habits [Dennett]
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 1. Nature of Free Will
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Free will is a kind of causality which works independently of other causes [Kant]
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 2. Sources of Free Will
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We shall never be able to comprehend how freedom is possible [Kant]
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 4. For Free Will
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We cannot conceive of reason as being externally controlled [Kant]
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
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Kant made the political will into a pure self-determined "free" will [Kant, by Marx/Engels]
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