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EPISODE · Sep 3, 2016 · 40 MIN

In Search Of The Self | Simon Blackburn, Mary Midgley, Colin Blakemore

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There is no self, no 'I', only a flickering illusion. So claim many neuroscientists and philosophers. Yet for the rest of us, the denial of the self feels like a bitter pill to swallow. Is the self a fantasy? Or is it essential to our being and consciousness? The Panel Cambridge and NCH philosopher Simon Blackburn, neuroscientist Colin Blakemore, philosopher and author of Are You an Illusion? Mary Midgley seek out the all seeing I. In association with New College Humanities. Watch the debate here: https://iai.tv/video/in-search-of-the-self

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