The Self as a Responding—and Responsible—Artifact

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 2003 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, volume 1,001, pages 39-50 (issn: 0077-8923, eissn: 1749-6632,

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Authors: Dennett, Daniel C.;

doi: 10.1196/annals.1279.003

pmid: 14625354

The Self as a Responding—and Responsible—Artifact

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Abstract: The powerful illusion of a unified, Cartesian self responsible for intentional action is contrasted with the biologically sounder model of competitive processes that yield an only partially coherent agency, and the existence of the illusion of self is explained as an evolved feature of communicating agents, capable of responding to requests and queries about their own decisions and actions.

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Keywords

Ego, Mental Processes, Consciousness, Communication, Animals, Humans, Artifacts, Illusions, Self Concept

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