ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author shows consciousness and the conscious self as being normally single and unified, mediated by brain processes that typically involve and span both hemispheres through the commissures. An interesting position in regard to the concept of 'personal identity' has been taken by R. Puccetti and J. E. Bogen who infer that each hemisphere must have a mind of its own – not only after brain bisection but in the normal intact state as well; a conclusion apparently accepted also by L. De Witt with the qualification that only the left cerebral member has self-awareness and is therefore qualified as a person. Though representing a rather small fraction of the total brain activity in physiological terms, the conscious properties are of prime importance from the organizational standpoint. The mind-brain reformulation brings important logical implications also for the interpretation and outlook regarding freewill.
