Does Metzinger claim the self doesn't exist?
My work does not claim the self *doesn't exist* in a functional or phenomenal sense. Rather, it argues that the *kind* of self we intuitively believe ourselves to be – a transparent, foundational entity – is a myth. The self, as we experience it, is a brain-generated transparent self-model. It is functionally real and crucial for our experience and behavior, but it is not a simple, enduring substance waiting to be discovered.
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