We, You and I

You can form a “we” with your partner, your family, your friends, your professional group, your national community, and even humanity as a whole. We-relationships are integral parts of everyday life: We carry out tasks, make decisions, and share emotions together, just as we can share a collective identity, traditions, and customs. But what is the nature of this “we”, and what does it take to form one with others? In this talk, professor in philosophy Dan Zahavi will present core findings from recent scholarship and discuss how feeling, thinking, and acting as part of a “we” transforms one’s sense of self, one’s relation to others, and the way one experiences the world. This event is the third and last in the series Psychedelics, mindfulness and we relations: Can the self change? In three talks, internationally renowned philosopher Dan Zahavi and researchers affiliated with the Center for Subjectivity Research will discuss whether psychedelics, mindfulness, and togetherness can change the boundaries of the self and shape how we experience ourselves, others, and the world.