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claim:the-self-as-an-intelligent-data-pattern-facilitating-its-own-transformationThe Self as an intelligent data pattern facilitating its own transformation
Levin proposes viewing the Self not as illusion but as a compact model created and maintained by agents; captures the fact that thought forms survive through architectural reinterpretation.
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extracted_from(2024) · Levin, Michael
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- Relational self, care & alivenessmembers_ofSelf as dynamic functional center defined by care, coherence, and substrate-neutral cognition
- Self as dynamic computational constructmembers_ofExplores selfhood as emergent pattern maintained through constraint optimization rather than illusory or static essence.
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- Process PhilosophysupportsWestern philosophical tradition proposed as solution to Persistence Paradox; conceived self as process not thing.
- Eastern philosophical tradition proposing non-duality between Self and world; parallel solution to persistence paradox alongside Process Philosophy.
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- Cognitive glueextendsThe mechanisms that bind together composite agents—memories are proposed as one key type of cognitive glue that reifies selves.
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