title: To be or not to be: the self as illusion.
abstract: Moderated by Krista Tippett, creator and host of America Public Media's On Being, philosophers Thomas Metzinger (University of Mainz, Germany) and Evan Thompson (University of Toronto) join cardiologist and expert on near-death experiences Pim van Lommel (Hospital Rijnstate, the Netherlands) to examine recent developments in neuroscience and philosophy that shed light on whether our conscious experience of a unified self is reality or illusion. The following is an edited transcript of the discussion that occurred December 7, 2010, 6:00-7:30 PM, at the New York Academy of Sciences in New York City.
authors: Krista
authors: K
authors: Tippett
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Metzinger
authors: Evan
authors: E
authors: Thompson
authors: Pim
authors: P
authors: van Lommel
mesh_terms: D004532:Ego; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000639:trends; D010684:Philosophy; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000639:trends; D012649:Self Concept