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Self
Online Resources
1 A discussion of buzkashi, a form of polo played with a headless goat carcass
over a period of days. It is the national sport of Afghanistan: http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzkashi
2 Information about gamelan, the traditional music of Indonesia: http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan
3 An in-depth discussion of the life and works of G. W. Leibniz, a great polymath
who made “deep and important contributions to the fields of metaphysics,
epistemology, logic, philosophy of religion, as well as mathematics, physics,
geology, jurisprudence, and history”: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/leibniz/
4 A detailed discussion of the principle of the identity of indiscernibles: http://
plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-indiscernible/
5 The full text of Hebraic Literature: Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim,
and Kabbala. The source for the story of the luz bone: www.gutenberg.org/
files/14368/14368-h/14368-h.htm
6 The Jewish Encyclopedia’s entry on “luz”: www.jewishencyclopedia.com/
articles/10200-luz
7 A well-informed discussion of Plato’s theories of the soul: http://
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ancient-soul/#3
8 A synopsis of the film Ghost, a typical film portrayal of the Hollywood conception of souls: www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/ghost-v19626
9 A history of vitalism and its dismissal by contemporary science: http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalism
10 A discussion of the German chemist Friedrich Wöhler, the first person to
synthesize urea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_W%C3%B6hler
11 The nature of the soul according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P1B.HTM
12 The Hindu conception of the true self, or Atman: www.hinduwebsite.com/
atman.asp
13 A discussion of the gryphon, or griffin, a legendary creature with the body of
a lion and the head and wings of an eagle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin
14 Research using twin studies to understand the heritability of schizophrenia:
http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Schizophrenia_-_Twin_studies
15 Homer Simpson sells his soul to the devil for a donut and is sent to the ironic
punishment lab to suffer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ZcZ2h4Ths
16 The legends of Theseus, the mythical founder of Athens: http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Theseus
17 A video of the first neuroscientist to remove a brain from a body and keep it
alive: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8On7rktFZME
18 The life and works of John Locke, British philosopher, physician, government
official, economic writer, and revolutionary: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/
locke/
19 Book II of John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding: www.
earlymoderntexts.com/pdfbits/lo24.pdf
20 A discussion of the thought of Thomas Reid, one of the seminal figures in the
Scottish Enlightenment: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/reid/
21 An in-depth discussion of Reid’s thoughts on personal identity and memory:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/reid-memory-identity/
22 The life and works of Bishop Joseph Butler: www.iep.utm.edu/butler/
23 A discussion of amnesia victim Clive Wearing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Clive_Wearing
24 A synopsis and reviews of Memento, a film about an amnesia victim trying to
sort out the puzzle of his own past: www.rottentomatoes.com/m/memento/
25 More information about the case of Phineas Gage: http://neurophilosophy. wordpress.com/2006/12/04/the-incredible-case-of-phineas-gage/
26 A documentary on split-brain patients with Alan Alda and Dr Michael Gazzaniga, one of the leading researchers on commisurotomy patients:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfGwsAdS9Dc
27 A discussion of a split-brain patient with alien hand syndrome: www.bbc.co.uk/
news/uk-12225163
28 Neurologist V. S. Ramachandran explains the case of a split-brain patient with
one theist hemisphere and one atheist hemisphere: www.youtube.com/
watch?v=PFJPtVRlI64
29 A detailed discussion of the life and thought of the Buddha: http://
plato.stanford.edu/entries/buddha/
30 A Buddhist nun who offered a succinct explanation of the bundle theory of
the self: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajira
31 The official website of the seminal punk rock band The Sex Pistols:
www.sexpistolsofficial.com/
32 The complicated biography of the band Journey: www.journeymusic.com/
pages/bio