Brain and Self – A Neurophilosophical Account

Georg Northoff

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-819641-0.00153-5

Brain and Self – A Neurophilosophical Account

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We have experience and are conscious of the world. Who, though, is conscious? This is the subject, or self, of experience. While in the past the concept of self has been a matter of philosophical discussion, psychoanalysis shifted it into the domain of psychology where it surfaced as ego. More recently, brain imaging allows researchers to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying our subjective experience of a self. This article focuses on discussing the different concepts of self as based on philosophical accounts. These are then complemented by neuroscientific data on the self and self-reference.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience
Subtitle of host publication	Volumes 1-3, Second edition
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	V3-432-V3-438
Volume	1-3
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128196410
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819641-0.00153-5
Publication status	Published - Jan 1 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bodily self
Cortical midline structures
Empirical self
Metaphysical self
Minimal self
Neurophilosophy
Neuroscience
Philosophy
Self
Slow frequency power
Social self
Spatial organization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine
General Neuroscience

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