As Antonio Damasio argues in his aptly titled book Self Comes to Mind, the brain creates an autobiographical sense of self. It is this created self that perceives, remembers, and aspires, that has telos (or purpose), and on behalf of which decisions are made.
Según Antonio Damasio en su libro Self Comes to Mind [El yo viene a la mente], el cerebro crea una percepción autobiográfica del propio ser, y este ser creado es el que percibe, recuerda y aspira, que posee telos (o propósito), y en cuyo nombre se toman decisiones.