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Full Idea
The elements of a self are 1) embodied - related directly to the body, 2) perspectival - having a viewpoint, 3) volitional - being an agent, 4) narrative - aware of past and future, and 5) social - as others perceive me.
Gist of Idea
The self is embodied, perspectival, volitional, narrative and social
Source
report of Anil Seth (Being You [2021], III.8) by PG - Db (ideas)
Book Ref
Seth,Anil: 'Being You: new science of consciousness' [Faber 2022], p.151
A Reaction
[summarised] Seth says there are distinctive emotions associated with each of these aspects of the self. This list is very helpful, as a discouragement for anyone who wants to pick one of these as the sole true nature of the self.
23513 | Single neurons can carry out complex functions [Seth] |
23514 | The cerbellum has a huge number of neurons, but little involvement in consciousness [Seth] |
23515 | Human exceptionalism plagues biology, and most other human thinking [Seth] |
23516 | Maybe a system is conscious if the whole generates more information than its parts [Seth] |
23517 | Volition is felt as doing what you want, with possible alternatives, and a source from within [Seth] |
23519 | The self is embodied, perspectival, volitional, narrative and social [Seth, by PG] |
23518 | Modern AI is mostly machine-based pattern recognition [Seth] |