Sean Carroll at Preposterous Universe:
We are more familiar with ourselves than with anything else in the universe, but we generally don’t come very close to really understanding what our “self” is. That’s not too surprising, as selves are very complicated and we are burdened by all sorts of biases. Today’s guest is J. Eric Oliver, who has been teaching a popular course at the University of Chicago called “The Intelligible Self.” His academic specialty is political science, but he brings together ideas from psychology, neuroscience, and a broad swath of the humanities. His view is summarized in his recent book, How to Know Yourself: The Art and Science of Discovering Who You Really Are.
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