Susan Blackmore on Self: Can Self be Reduced to Memplex? Cover Image

Susan Blackmore o jaźni: czy jaźń można zredukować do mempleksu?
Susan Blackmore on Self: Can Self be Reduced to Memplex?

Author(s): Andrzej Stępnik
Subject(s): Culture and social structure , Psychology of Self
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: self; consciousness; meme; memplex; memetics

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present and criticize Susan Blackmore’s theory which reduces self to a certain memplex. The article proves that Blackmore’s definition of meme is inconsistent with her thesis that self is only a memplex, and Blackmore’s theory of self breeds some insurmountable difficulties. The article also shows limitation of memetics as a perspective which can be fruitful in solving the problem of self.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 25-37
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish