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What is the self? This is a problem which has been debating in the modern western philosophy. In contemporary philosophy of mind, there are four answers about the problem, namely, illusion theory, metaphysical theory, self realism, and social constructionism. This article discusses the four theories, and discusses the reality and social nature of the self. The author thinks that:(1) the self has its biological basis and social nature; (2) the self’s reality is not opposite to it’s social nature, but is consistent with the latter; (3) only when we integrate the self’s reality with it’s social nature can we correctly research and answer those problems about the self.
This is a problem which has been debating in the modern western philosophy. There are four answers about the problem, namely, illusion theory, metaphysical theory, self realism, and social constructionism. This article discusses the four theories, and discusses the reality and social nature of the self. The author thinks that: (1) the self has its biological basis and social nature; (2) the self’s reality is not opposite to it’s social nature, but is consistent with the latter; (3) only when we integrate the self’s reality with it’s social nature can we correctly research and answer those problems about the self.