The temporal structure of the self
Natalia López
Moratalla
Summary: 1. Towards a synthesis. 1.1. Activity patterns
and mental representation. 1.2. Some significant aspects of neuroscientific
theories of consciousness anchored to the body. 1.3. Approach from other states
of consciousness. 1.4. Working hypothesis. 2. Identity and autonomy. 2.1.
Environmental autonomy and “neurobiological identity”. 2.2. Autonomy of self
and personal identity. 3. The subjective perception of time. 3.1. Time
"online" and the internal clock. 3.2. The time to "off
line", out of present. 4. Attention and awareness. 5. Integration of brain
polyrhythms and work memory. 6. Awareness independent of sensory input and
des-embodied. 6.1. Contemplation and ecstasy. 6.2. Disembodiment of self:
“out-of-body” experiences. 7. The temporal structure of the self.
Abstract: Recent research in neuroscience supports the
hypothesis that, although consciousness is an emergent property of neuronal
activity, is the subject, released from confinement in the present, who takes
over the time code. It gives a sequential recruitment to different areas that
process information according to the performance of different tasks or mental
processes. The ability to change the temporal rhythm brings to the present the
past, and simulates the future - time travelling - it has the necessary condition,
regulatory efforts, braking of neuronal excitation, which can coordinate
different rhythms in time units. Synchronization of oscillations in temporary
unions of various brain structures provides self-consciousness, anchored in the
body. Self-consciousness relates to the experiences of events and personal
identity recognized by the succession of past experiences, present, and a
harbinger of the future, indicating that the self has an embodied temporary
structure. Synchronization of oscillations in temporary unions is perceived as
"I'm sorry, I think, I remember, I decide. Knowledge of de-synchronization
in the brain that occurs in phenomena, such as what happens in the experiences
of meditation and ecstasy, without normal sensorial perception, should be
incorporated into scientific and philosophical theories of mind-brain relation.
Precisely, the self is manifested in the release of every human being from the
automatism of the “here and now”, as an extra-cosmic dimension which makes him
able to cover not only all space but all time.
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Ringrazio la direzione di ACTA PHILOSOPHICA, Rivista internazionale di filosofia a cura della Facoltà di Filosofia della PUSC, per il permesso di pubblicare questo studio.
Blog di: Natalia López Moratalla-Cronicas de la ciencia
Links utili:
Acta Philosophica: rivista internazionale di filosofia, Vol. 23 (2014) fascicolo 2, pp.289-310.
http://www.actaphilosophica.it/it/article-temporal-structure-selfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5269588
Links utili:
Acta Philosophica: rivista internazionale di filosofia, Vol. 23 (2014) fascicolo 2, pp.289-310.
http://www.actaphilosophica.it/it/article-temporal-structure-selfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5269588
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