the homunculus is definitionally the thing that carries “vitalistic force”, and that does the “wanting”, and that does any acts that we describe as “acts of free will”
Who wants things? Me of course. I want things. So the homunculus seems to be myself.
The way I understand it the homunculus is part of self. So if you put the wanting in the homunculus, it’s also inside self. I don’t know about you, but my self concept has more than wanting. To be fair, he homunculus concept is also a bit richer than wanting (I think?) but less encompassing than the full self (I think?).
Steve writes:
Who wants things? Me of course. I want things. So the homunculus seems to be myself.
The way I understand it the homunculus is part of self. So if you put the wanting in the homunculus, it’s also inside self. I don’t know about you, but my self concept has more than wanting. To be fair, he homunculus concept is also a bit richer than wanting (I think?) but less encompassing than the full self (I think?).