[...] Locke too, in a revolutionary move, reconceived “person” as a continuity of memory and consciousness. It followed that personhood could in principle be attached to any material substance. However, since memory and consciousness were associated with the contents of the head, the brain became the organ of the self or, more precisely, the only organ we need in order to be ourselves as persons.
Title page from the first edition. Source: wikipedia.com
John Locke was an English philosopher whose works lie at the foundation of modern philosophical empi...
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Inspired by the homonymous book by Fernando Vidal and Francisco Ortega, this timespace presents the authors' genealogy of the cerebral subject and the influence of the neurological discourse in human sciences, mental health and culture.