Barry Smith - What are Selves?

Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje What does it mean to be a ‘self’? What characteristics distinguish a self from a non-self? What are the boundaries between self and non-self? Is there a difference between a self and a person? What follows from the existence of selves? Register for free today to get subscriber-only exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns Watch more videos on persons and selves: https://bit.ly/3MxuLut Barry C Smith is a professor of philosophy and Director of the Institute of Philosophy at University of London. Get free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.