No such thing as an individual?

[Hollis]

I have spoken to Brainaddict in person about this thread. I hope a moderator will feel fit to swiftly escort this rubbish to the bin.

 

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[118118]

I hope a moderator will feel fit to swiftly escort this rubbish to the bin.

Nazi
IMO the contents of my consciousness is continuous with the rest of my consciousness, but not with yours, so there are two of us. But alot of the other stuff which we consider as part of us is not strictly just us. Is this a consensus.

 

[Brainaddict]

I don’t think the self exists independently of the context in which it is formed and maintained.

I guess the key point I was trying to make with all this was the 'maintained' bit of that. It's fairly clear that the self doesn't exist independent of how it's formed - anyone could tell you that - but the fact that it also needs to be constantly maintained by the input from the 'social space' is what I'm driving at and I couldn't think of anyone who had described the self in those terms.

 

[Brainaddict]

I've had a few lectures on this.

If you remember anything about them and who you studied in them I'd love to know.