Thread:User talk:Nebuchadnezzar/Theory of mind - on the computer. a bit funny (or not)/reply (10)

That's because what you consider "me" is a product of "Western" (for lack of a better term) culture and philosophy. The individualistic notion of the "self" whose essence is mind is a modern conception. (Read Nikolas Rose for some fascinating stuff on this, esp. Governing the Soul and Inventing Ourselves.) The fact is, "you" in the broader sense have changed if you lose part of your body. See V.S. Ramachandran's work on phantom limbs if you don't believe me. Damasio, is of, course also essential on -style thinking.