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Being You — Or Not: A Challenge for Garfield and Seth

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This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Journal of Consciousness Studies. Zahavi, D. (2023). Being You — Or Not: A Challenge for Garfield and Seth. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 31(5–6), 206–220. https://doi.org/10.53765/20512201.31.5.206.

Abstract (English)

In recent publications, Jay Garfield and Anil Seth have both written about the you. Whereas Garfield is a Buddhist scholar who advocates a no-self view, Seth is a neuroscientist who defends a radical form of representationalism. But is it really possible to speak meaningfully of a you (and of a we) if one denies the existence of the self, and if one declares the world of experience a neuronal fantasy? In the following, I will criticize both accounts. I will argue that they both, in different ways, are unable to deal with a real other, and, drawing on the work of Husserl, I will argue that a proper understanding of the you doesn't merely require accepting the reality of the self, but also the existence of a shared lifeworld.

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WE – Who are we? Self-identity, Social Cognition, and Collective Intentionality 832940