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Self, awareness of self, and the illusion of control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

Walter J. Freeman
Walter J. Freeman
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3200 wfreeman@garnet.berkeley.edu http://sulcus.berkeley.edu
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Abstract

A distinction between the self and its superstructure, the ego, supports Mele's conclusions. The dynamics of the limbic system generates the self through behavior that is subject to societal observation. The rest of the brain contributes awareness that, by ingenious back-dating and rationalization, gives the ultimate in self-deception: the illusion of control of the self by its own derivative.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 112 - 113
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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