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claim:the-self-is-a-construction-an-adaptive-actionable-embodied-story-that-holds-components-togetherThe Self is a construction—an adaptive, actionable, embodied story that holds components together.
Final synthesis: Selves are both constructed and causally real.
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extracted_from(2024) · Levin, Michael
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- Process ontology view of Self, contrasted with static essentialism.
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