title: The Origins of Selves creator: Dennett, Daniel C subject: Philosophy of Mind subject: Philosophy of Science description: What is a self? Since Descartes in the 17th Century we have had a vision of the self as a sort of immaterial ghost that owns and controls a body the way you own and control your car. date: 1989 type: Journal (Paginated) type: PeerReviewed format: text/html identifier: http://cogprints.org/257/1/originss.htm identifier: Dennett, Daniel C (1989) The Origins of Selves. [Journal (Paginated)] relation: http://cogprints.org/257/