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In other words split brain subjects also evoke the unity intuition that a split brain subject is one person elizabeth schechter argues that there are in fact two minds subjects of experience and intentional agents inside each split brain human being right and left on the other hand each split brain subject is nonetheless one of us. Elizabeth schechter self consciousness and split brains the minds i oxford university press 2018 295pp 6500 hbk isbn 9780198809654 reviewed by peter godfrey smith university of sydney the split brain phenomenon has engaged philosophical interest from around the late 1960s. Self consciousness and split brains the minds i kindle edition by schechter elizabeth politics social sciences kindle ebooks amazoncom. After they are surgically separated from each other in this way a split brain subjects hemispheres begin to operate unusually independently of each other in the realms of perception cognition and the control of action almost as if each had a mind of its own but can a mere hemisphere really see. Home current issue self consciousness and split brains the minds i log in to view full text if youre not a subscriber you can you can read the full text of this article if you select an option self consciousness and split brains the minds i kirshner howard s md