Hi James, Is the soul a liquid poured into a container? That is, what is a functional metaphor that drives how you perceive the concept of a soul? Is a concept of an illusion of multiple souls akin to a liquid with several odors that are different depending on which set of chemicals is arising out of the liquid but that there is some hidden “altogether” odor that is simply just a little out of reach of the nose? (I bring up the metaphor because ‘spirits’ / ‘odors’ / ‘ghosts’ are all connected concepts through time, as is the “brain in vat”, although I think soul as “liquid in a container” functions better here) If those metaphors resonate somewhat, what then might be metaphors that could function with pluralistic sel(f)ves)?

Hi James,
Is the soul a liquid poured into a container? That is, what is a functional metaphor that drives how you perceive the concept of a soul?
Is a concept of an illusion of multiple souls akin to a liquid with several odors that are different depending on which set of chemicals is arising out of the liquid but that there is some hidden “altogether” odor that is simply just a little out of reach of the nose?
(I bring up the metaphor because ‘spirits’ / ‘odors’ / ‘ghosts’ are all connected concepts through time, as is the “brain in vat”, although I think soul as “liquid in a container” functions better here)

If those metaphors resonate somewhat, what then might be metaphors that could function with pluralistic sel(f)ves)?

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