Philosopher Daniel Dennett talks about the self, noting that every living thing has some sense that there is a difference between the rest of the world and itself. For non-human animals, the notion of self is based on physical differentiation. As an example, Professor Dennett observes that a hungry lobster knows not to eat its own claw. In the case of humans, the notion of self is somewhat more abstract, based not so much on one's body as on a varied collection of such things as thinking, talking, believing, worrying, wondering, being in pain--in other words, Dennett argues, it's "the author of record, it's the victim of record. It's the official entity that speaks the speech, acts and suffers the pains."

Philosophy Collection

philosophy, self, the self, Aristotle, The Self

Introduction to Philosophy, The Examined Life

Dennett, Ph.D., Daniel (Performer), INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications (Firm)

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