I thought I would pass on to MindBlog readers a a web version of the lecture I gave last Thursday to the Evolution Seminar Series at the Univ. of Wisconsin Madison where I am an Emeritus Professor. The title and topics:
Making Minds - Evolving and Constructing the “I”
I. Evolving brains.
The Beast Within
Mirroring
Varieties of “I”
II. Developing brains
Physical environment
Social environment
III. Modeling the subjective self:
The illusion of agency
The virtual machine and virtual organs
Emotions as evolved organs of consciousness
IV. Embodied cognition
Social emotions
Metaphor
Art and Music
V. Summary - the Self Illusion
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