Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Humphrey, Nicholas

Titel

The society of selves

Ist Teil von

• Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences, 2007-04, Vol.362 (1480), p.745-754

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Human beings are not only the most sociable animals on Earth, but also the only animals that have to ponder the separateness that comes with having a conscious self. The philosophical problem of 'other minds' nags away at people's sense of who--and why--they are. But the privacy of consciousness has an evolutionary history--and maybe even an evolutionary function. While recognizing the importance to humans of mind-reading and psychic transparency, we should consider the consequences and possible benefits of being--ultimately--psychically opaque.