The Self as a Responding-and Responsible-Artifact

The Self as a Responding-and Responsible-Artifact

: 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 communicati...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2003-10, Vol.1001 (1), p.39-50
1. Verfasser: DENNETT, DANIEL C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
agency
Animals
Communication
Consciousness
Ego
free will
Humans
Illusions
Mental Processes
self
Self Concept
timing of voluntary actions
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Zusammenfassung:: 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.
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1196/annals.1279.003