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Decreasing the selfing process yields beneficial effects including increased well-being, social connectedness, and prosocial emotions

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Can Being Aware of the Illusion of Self Augment an Agent's Affordances: Integrating Buddhist Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and Artificial Life

(2021) · Doctor, Thomas · Solomonova, Elizaveta · Duane, Bill · Witkowski, Olaf

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Can Being Aware of the Illusion of Self Augment an Agent's Affordances: Integrating Buddhist Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and Artificial Life
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Relational self, care & aliveness
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Self as dynamic functional center defined by care, coherence, and substrate-neutral cognition
Process-based non-essentialist selfhood
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Self as dynamic, care-constituted process; reducing 'selfing' increases prosocial well-being.
Dissolved self and prosocial orientation
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Deconstructing ego-boundaries—through Buddhist philosophy, relational psychology, or reduced self-focus—cultivates compassion and prosocial behavior.

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The view of self as illusory, and awareness of this illusion, may augment and qualitatively change the agent’s affordances.
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Central thesis of the paper that recognizing self as illusion expands the range of possible actions.
Individual who recognizes oneself as constantly co-constituted by interactions with others will develop prosocial qualities
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Meditation and contemplative practice
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Empirical techniques for reducing sense of reified self; show documented benefits in well-being, social connectedness, and prosocial behavior.

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Can Being Aware of the Illusion of Self Augment an Agent's Affordances: Integrating Buddhist Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and Artificial Life
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