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Gilbert Ryle and Patricia Churchland both sought to understand the nature of the self or mind through examining behavior and the brain. While Ryle focused on observable behavior and denied the existence of an internal self, his behaviorist perspective was still related to understanding the mind. Similarly, Churchland viewed the self as being inseparable from the brain, arguing that as knowledge of the brain increases, it becomes clear there is no mind or self beyond what the brain enables. Both aimed to understand the essence of the self or mind in natural or physical terms.

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Gilbert Ryle and Patricia Churchland both sought to understand the nature of the self or mind through examining behavior and the brain. While Ryle focused on observable behavior and denied the existence of an internal self, his behaviorist perspective was still related to understanding the mind. Similarly, Churchland viewed the self as being inseparable from the brain, arguing that as knowledge of the brain increases, it becomes clear there is no mind or self beyond what the brain enables. Both aimed to understand the essence of the self or mind in natural or physical terms.

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KARL ANGELO P. BAUTISTA PROF. RACHEL JOY C.

RIMANDO

BACOMM101 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF

DEFINITION OF SELF

PATRICIA CHURCHLAND
GILBERT RYLE Both are similar in the - While Patricia Churchland views the self as
- According to Gilbert Ryle, the brain. She argued that the more we know
aspects of the mind.
he decided to focus on the observable about the brain, the clearer it becomes that
While Ryle talked about
behavior of the self by ignoring or the brain is each of us. That there is no
behaviorism in the
denying the existence of internal, “mind” beyond the brain. No “self”
mind, it is related to the
non physical self. No more inner selves, beyond it and no soul. In her book
mind. Both are similar
immortal souls, states of consciousness, Touching the Nerve: The Self as Brain,
in trying to understand
or unconsciousness entities. she stated that: “My brain and I are
a “nature” of the brain
"He defend self as the behavior that is inseparable. I am who I am because my brain
and behavior
known today as behaviorism" is what it is. Even so, I often think about my
brain in terms different from those I use when
thinking about myself.

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