วิทยาศาสตร์ของวิญญาณและอนัตตา: สมองสร้างความเป็น “เรา” ยังไง
Summary
The opening question is how we can be sure the self exists at all, which Metzinger answers with the phenomenal self-model.
His claim is that the self is a simulation the brain runs so that a life can be lived continuously — not something that exists on its own.
The evidence brought in is the rubber hand illusion, phantom limbs and the mirror box, all of which show the boundary of the self can be fooled.
Key points
The sense of being the same person needs explaining
Body and mind change continuously while the sense of continuity does not break, which requires a mechanism.
The rubber hand illusion replicates
Anyone can run it and get the same result, which makes the conclusion sturdier than philosophical inference.
The brain is seamless enough that you cannot see through it
A model you could see working would not work. The seamlessness is a feature, not a flaw.
It converges on anattā without intending to
Metzinger did not start from Buddhism, and the conclusions still line up directly.