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"Am I Self-Conscious? (Or Does Self-Organization Entail Self-Consciousness?)" Karl Friston Front. Psychol., 24 April 2018 Sec. Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00579/full
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Is self-consciousness necessary for consciousness? The answer is yes. So there you have it—the answer is yes. This was my response to a question I was asked to address in a recent AEON piece ( aeon.co/essays/consciousness-is-not-a-thing-but-a-process... ). What follows is based upon the notes for that essay, with a special focus on self-organization, self-evidencing and self-modeling. I will try to substantiate my (polemic) answer from the perspective of a…
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