Five O'Clock with Theral Timpson

Five O'Clock with Theral Timpson

How Seriously Should We Take Scientists Who Give Up on "The Self?"

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Theral Timpson
Jun 27, 2023
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Two of my friends have sent me the same article on BigThink.com:   "Eastern philosophy says there is no “self.” Science agrees.”

In the piece, author Chris Niebauer, a neuroscientist, argues that recent advances in cognitive science prove that there is no “self-center” in the brain and that though the “I” has been the center of Western thought for thousa…

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