The cognitivist hypothesis relies mainly on symbols and the computation of them, and the very strong computational aspect to it. Is this perception of symbols due to a historical evolution or simply a biological evolutioin? In other words, if we were to restart the whole process of evolution, would we take the same path.
We are constantly projecting the view we have of ourself in another entity, something similar to the Lacan's big other. We believe that this representation of ourself causes a lot of confusion as to understand who we actually are. According to cognitivist theory there is a fragmented self, or a divided self. Cognition and consciousness are completly seperated and consciousness has no impact on the computational processes of the mind. This consciousness only receives projected information from cognition. The mental images are the sum of all the representational qualities of a symbol. Therefore, we are able to "visualize" that symbol in our mind.
In the notion of selflessness there is no experiencer to receive information. Experiences simply come and go. We tend to try and grasp onto that experiencer or that self and since it is non existent, it causes human suffering. Experiences are not continuous. They are very fragmented. The example of the two blinking lights that will be perceived differently simply on the basis of when you start blinking them was very interesting and demonstrated that the brain works in a very fragmented way indeed.
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