If we are only thinking of our body anatomically, we would know where our organs are placed and what they do. I am aware of where my heart is, where my liver is, and where my brain is; I am also aware of what they all do, and how they all process my living being. On top of this, I would know that wherever I move my being, they would follow with. However, if we think of our bodies in a more philosophical sense, could we truly know where our organs are, especially our brains (the center of our very being, the thing that makes you you), and what they do? Could we really know where they are, if they are even there, without physically displacing ourselves to truly know? Obviously, we can't know unless we literally cut ourselves open, correct? We could have an operation, and look and photos and videos later, but how could we ever be sure that that was indeed us, and something that had just taken place to us? I believe that, all in all, we would just have to…show more content… Dennett describes an operation where his brain is placed within a vat, and he exists as his own separate entity through a system of chips and wires. This is a philosophical analogy for asking the question, am I where my brain is? While we can know that we must have organs within ourselves that control most of our bodily functions, the brain is the control center for all of this, and we either accept this due to science, or believe that this must be what it is because what else would this organ be for? Dennett only raises some objections to this, describing that even when the brain is in a separate place and his body in another, the brain never fails to control the body. It does not, however, seem to hold his subconscious being. He describes how, even when in the same room, the brain still allows his body to work but does not allow him to use first person objectives; rather, his body, his brain, and his subconsciousness all have separate
