Of Necessity, The Autobiographical Self Is Not

If I Use The Word Consciousness, In Our Lab, In Our Institute, What We Mean Is The Special Quality Of Mind, The Special Features That Exist In The Mind, That Permit Us To Know, For Example, That We, Ourselves, Exist, And That Things Exist Around Us.

A Mind Is So Closely Shaped By The Body And Destined To Serve It That Only One Mind Could Possibly Arise In It. No Body, Never Mind.

The Problem That We, As Living Organisms, Face - And Not We Only, Humans, But Any Living Organism Faces - Is The Management Of Life.

What Happens [in A Coma] Is That You Lose The Grounding Of The Self, You No Longer Have Access To Any Feeling Of Your Own Existence.

Rather Than Being A Luxury, Emotions Are A Very Intelligent Way Of Driving An Organism Toward Certain Outcomes.