The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) / quote 36 of 254
The limits of neuroscience for philosophy
The limits of what neuroscience can contribute to our understanding of self was made evident to me as I read more and more about how the brain constructs a sense of self. The findings I have reported here do seem to illuminate the issue, or at least shine a light different from the torch of philosophers, one which brings out certain details more clearly. But if you go into details, the real nuts and bolts, you rarely, if ever, come across anything that takes us forward philosophically. All you get is more detail about the precise mechanisms by which self emerges from…