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View submission: /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | January 27, 2020
pattern recognition coupled to consciousness.
But why discount this as being illusory rather than a substantiation of the self? If that pattern persists over time and is the basis of the perception of the self as a persisting identity, why not take that as its reality? I'm thinking of something like Dennett's real patterns. You should be sure to address this sort of argument in your paper.
Comment by [deleted] at 31/01/2020 at 12:35 UTC
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Right, that's kind of the whole thing about it. I've decided that it's true the self doesn't exist in an objective way (akin to arguments of moral relativism), but to put this belief into practice isn't functional or useful.