The Self As An Idea / Book / Jacobo Grinberg

Paperback / 288 Pages The concept of the self as an idea suggests that personal identity is not a solid or permanent entity, but rather a mental construct or narrative. From this perspective, the "self" is a collection of thoughts, memories, and perceptions that the brain organizes to make sense of experience. Philosophers like David Hume argued that, when we look inward, we only find isolated perceptions, not a stable "self." In modern psychology, it is understood as a cognitive framework that allows us to interact with our environment. Thus, the self is not something we "are," but an idea we "create" to navigate reality.