Essays from this Year: To what extent does body ownership contribute to embodied selfhood?
Wow. I will say now, it has already been a very... interesting year for me. Work is in flux, my university enrollment system is confusing at best and a shambolic tease at the worst, and writing is plodding along like it's stuck in waist deep mud. I don't know quite how to feel about the big 2026, I started the year with big plans and now I'm not sure I am ready for it to end only because I feel I have not achieved anything of note :/. But, one thing I have achieved is my final grades for this semester. Not as good as I wanted by certainly not at all bad so we win some we lose some. Cie la vie. The topic for this class: Philosophy of Consciousness and the Self, I was worried the ideas would slide right past me but I think I found decent footing in the second half of the semester. ~~~ Relativity by M.C Escher (1953) The physical body, for better or for worse, is a vital part of social interaction and communication, and unlike the mind, is subject to unique form...