“We act therefore we are.”

He wrote The Concept of Mind (1949) where he rejected the notion that mental states are separable from physical states.

He asserted that we get our sense of self from our behaviors and actions, as for him, your actions define your own concept of “self” (who you are).

He asserted that we get our sense of self from our behaviors and actions, as for him, your actions define your own concept of “self” (who you are).

He posits the mind and body as “the dogma of the ghost in the machine.”

“The physical brain (and NOT the imaginary mind) gives us our sense of self.”

“The self is the brain.”

Paul Churchland's philosophy stands on a materialistic view or the belief that nothing but matter exists.

A philosopher who posits eliminative materialism.

He believes that if the mind were a separate entity, the victim’s personality should have retained his/her personality despite the damage to the brain.

He stated that the sense of “self” originated from the brain itself, and that this “self” is a product of electrochemical signals produced by the brain.

“Physical body is an important part of self.”

“The self is embodied subjectivity.”

A philosopher and author who emphasized the body as the primary site of knowing the world.

He asserted that human beings are embodied subjectivities, and that the understanding of the “self” should begin from this fundamental fact.

He rejected the Cartesian mind body dualism and insisted that the mind and body are intrinsically connected.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty stated that A subject acts upon or affects some other entity, which in philosophy is called the object.

“Where id was, there ego shall be.”

Exerted that the human mind at birth is TABULA RASA or blank slate.