Of souls, selves, and cerebrums: a reply to Himma.

PSYCHE: http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/ Reply to Himma: Personal Identity and Cartesian Intuitions

In Kenneth Einar Himma’s substantial commentary, there are a number of conceptual misunderstandings I want to get out of the way first. This will allow us to see the core of his contribution much clearer. On page 2, Himma writes about the problem of “explaining how it is that a particular phenomenal self (e.g., me) is associated with a set of neurophysiological processes.” This philosophical qu...

Developing a Model of Teachers’ Possible Selves for the Iranian Context

This study reports on the development and validation of a questionnaire for exploring the different types of EFL teachers’ possible selves. First, a theoretical framework behind possible selves theory and its types was cultivated through an extensive review of the related literature and content analysis of 24 transcribed semi-structured interviews with ELT experts. Second, the questionn...

Second Language System of Motivational Selves and English Language Skills: The Role of Socio-Economic Status among Iranian Language Learners

Second Language System of Motivational Selves and English Language Skills: The Role of Socio-Economic Status among Iranian Language Learners1 A. Parastaar Aski* M.H. Abdollaahi, Ph.D.** A. R. Moraadi, Ph.D.*** H. R. Hassanaabaadi, Ph.D.****   Learning English in Iran is quite popular, yet not all are successful at this task. To shed light on this dilemma and its root causes, the ro...

The Role of Mediation of English Learning Anxiety in the Relationship between Motivational Language Selves Systems and Language Performance

Introduction: Language learning is the product of the complex interaction of internal factors of thinking and cognition, and external factors of emotions and social and cultural interactions. Second language learning anxiety as one of the types of educational anxiety can affect learners' performance. So, the aim of this study was the modeling of English language motivational selves based on lan...

A Problem in Avicennas View on the Origination of the Soul and a Reply to It