TY - JOUR

T1 - Being You - Or Not

T2 - A Challenge for Garfield and Seth

AU - Zahavi, Dan

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - In recent publications, Jay Garfield and Anil Seth have both written about the you. Whereas Garfield is a Buddhist scholar who advocates a no-self view, Seth is a neuroscientist who defends a radical form of representationalism. But is it really possible to speak meaningfully of a you (and of a we) if one denies the existence of the self, and if one declares the world of experience a neuronal fantasy? In the following, I will criticize both accounts. I will argue that they both, in different ways, are unable to deal with a real other, and, drawing on the work of Husserl, I will argue that a proper understanding of the you doesn't merely require accepting the reality of the self, but also the existence of a shared lifeworld.

AB - In recent publications, Jay Garfield and Anil Seth have both written about the you. Whereas Garfield is a Buddhist scholar who advocates a no-self view, Seth is a neuroscientist who defends a radical form of representationalism. But is it really possible to speak meaningfully of a you (and of a we) if one denies the existence of the self, and if one declares the world of experience a neuronal fantasy? In the following, I will criticize both accounts. I will argue that they both, in different ways, are unable to deal with a real other, and, drawing on the work of Husserl, I will argue that a proper understanding of the you doesn't merely require accepting the reality of the self, but also the existence of a shared lifeworld.

U2 - 10.53765/20512201.31.5.206

DO - 10.53765/20512201.31.5.206

M3 - Journal article

VL - 31

SP - 206

EP - 220

JO - Journal of Consciousness Studies

JF - Journal of Consciousness Studies

SN - 1355-8250

IS - 5-6

ER -