%A Nicholas Humphrey %J Social Research %T One Self: a Meditation on the Unity of Consciousness %X What unites the many selves that constitute the human mind? How is the self-binding problem solved? I argue that separate selves come to belong together as one Self as a result of their dynamic participation in creating a single life, rather as the members of an orchestra come to belong together as a result of their jointly creating a single work of music. %N 4 %K self, binding problem, consciousness %P 32-39 %V 67 %D 2000 %L cogprints1121