Many new discoveries have occured due to advances in neuroscince. Many items we have connected to a "soul" or a "mind" we have found places for in the ever-expanding brain. We found that the brain is much more complicated than we ever imagined, and our interpretations determine the reality around us. There is no color, except in our brain, no sound except in our brain. What does this mean for who we are and what is the place of interpretation in connection to reality?
What is the center of self? Is the self completely embodied?
If the self is completely embodied, then is the mind dependent on the
well-being of the body? Are all
decisions embodied decisions? Can
decisions not be trusted if the body cannot be trusted?
If the self is
embodied, does it mean that the soul does not exist? Can there be a soul without a body, a self
without a body?
Can a self be transfered to a different kind of body, such as
digital, and it still be the same self? If changes are made in the body-- such
as brain surgery-- does the same self exist, or is that self destroyed? If so,
is that tantamount to murder? As a body grows and goes through major changes
(for example, hormone shifts) does that self still exist? Is our current self responsible for what a past self does, if that self changes?
Is the self only a similar set of
memories? But memories have been shown
to be re-created by the brain... can memories be depended upon at all? Is our self only reacting to a contextual
fiction that we have created with others?
Does it matter what fiction we choose to live in? What is the best
fictional narrative to exist in? Is our
contextual narrative dependent on our embodiment?
No comments:
Post a Comment