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The “self” is not an entity, but a continuity effect
He denies a stable self, but not in a mystical way.
Instead:
- thought is momentary
- but memory links moments together
- that linking produces the illusion of continuity
- continuity = “me”
So the self is:
a narrative stitching function, not a thing
This is close to some cognitive science views, but he radicalizes it by saying there is no observer outside the stitching process.
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“There are no really independent thoughts”
He repeatedly undermines ownership of thinking:
- you don’t generate thoughts
- thoughts arise when stimulated
- knowledge “responds automatically”
So agency is reframed as:
stimulus → response loop, not free cognition
This is where his view becomes very close to strict determinism.
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