The Nature of the Self: How We Know Who We Are

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March 13, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. - Winston Churchill - The Nature of the Self: How We Know Who We Are Our emotions, beliefs, and ideals are constantly changing, and most cells in our bodies are completely renewed every seven years. How, then, do we know who "we" are? Over the past ten years, the emerging field of experimental philosophy has examined this paradox, along with its many related questions about morality, happiness, love, and how to live. In this fascinating video, Yale University professor and experimental philosopher Joshua Knobe "takes us through some mind-bending, soul-deconstructing thought experiments that push our notions of the self to the limit and past it, into a new understanding of our basic existential anchor." { read more } Be The Change How has who you are today changed from who you were five years ago? Practice keeping in mind the transient nature of the self so that you do not get too attached to the way things are. Change is constant. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love How to Change When Change Is Hard There's More to Life Than Being Happy Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful The Science of Love A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple 16 Habits of Exuberant Human Beings On Navigating Stuckness DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 143,444 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More