Name: Episode #53: The Self is a Fortune Cookie
Uploaded: 2025-06-10T14:31:04+00:00
Duration: 1 h 4 min 51 s
Description: These Fools explore the idea of the “Self” and how various thinkers have conceptualized it. Does the Self only exist in a religious context? Who are we in a secular world? The need to know the Self an

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These Fools explore the idea of the “Self” and how various thinkers have conceptualized it. Does the Self only exist in a religious context? Who are we in a secular world? The need to know the Self and understand its relationship to subjects such as consciousness and time, may be the most important catalyst of philosophy itself. Join these Fools for the journey!

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Chapters:
00:00 The Nature of Self
11:06 Being and Self-Discovery
19:06 Reconciling Secular and Spiritual Views of Self
30:44 Language and Other in Defining Self
35:03 The Emergence of Mind and Consciousness
41:03 The Great Chain of Being and Scientific Revolution
47:46 Language, Experience, and the Ineffable
54:58 Self and Consciousness