WHAT AM I? by Kenji Kamii, M.D., Ph.D.

What is a human being? Is the answer found in the body, in biological life, in the mind, in consciousness, in the continuity of self, or in something called spirit? WHAT AM I? brings medicine, neuroscience, philosophy, comparative religion, and the emerging question of artificial intelligence into one structured inquiry. Across thirty-eight chapters, the book examines embodiment, homeostasis, the mind-body problem, subjective experience, personal identity, free will, morality, death, religious views of the human being, and the possibility of artificial consciousness. Scientific findings, philosophical interpretations, and religious or metaphysical teachings are kept distinct so that comparison does not become confusion. The result is neither a reduction of the human being to biology nor a claim that science has proved the soul. It is a layered map of what can be known, what remains debated, and what still belongs to philosophy, religion, and personal reflection. Production transparency: Material portions of this English edition were generated with AI tools and then reviewed, edited, organized, and curated by the human authors.