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The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self (Hardcover)

By: Thomas Metzinger (Author)

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"In this groundbreaking analysis, Metzinger interprets consciousness as the control center of a primate brain that acquired immense evolutionary advantages by generating an internal virtual model of external reality."

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We're used to thinking about the self as an independent entity, something that we either have or are. In "The Ego Tunnel," philosopher Thomas Metzinger claims otherwise: No such thing as a self exists. The conscious self is the content of a model created by our brain--an internal image, but one we cannot experience as an image. Everything we experience is "a virtual self in a virtual reality." But if the self is not "real," why and how did it evolve? How does the brain construct it? Do we still have souls, free will, personal autonomy, or moral accountability? In a time when the science of cognition is becoming as controversial as evolution, "The Ego Tunnel "provides a stunningly original take on the mystery of the mind.

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Philosopher Thomas Metzinger delves through the inexplicable twists and turns of
neurological self-identity in this fascinating exploration of the boundaries of the "self." Metzinger determines that the concept of "self" that each of us adapts is merely a model constructed by our minds, the function of which is to filter the limitless possibilities of perception.

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