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#559 Thomas Metzinger: Consciousness, Subjectivity, the Self, and the Ethics of AI

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What Is the Self Model Theory of Subjectivity?

The self model theory of subjectivity is based on a german monograph written in 19 93. It tries to develop a representationist theory of what it means for any information process to have a first person perspective. One major claim is that, in physical sense, no such things as selves exist in the world. But there is very rich and robust phenomenology of selfhood. All facts that are interinternally represent id in this internal mode of presentation, are subjective facts.

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