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The Self is malleable and plastic; the subject of memories and preferences is not fixed but subject to radical change in real-time.

Central to TAME; challenges monadic self theory through examples of metamorphosis, regeneration, and mind-body substitution.

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Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere: An Experimentally-Grounded Framework for Understanding Diverse Bodies and Minds

(2022) · Levin, Michael

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Findings (2)

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Tail fragments of trained planarians retain original learned information, with memories reimprinted on newly-developing brains.
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Empirical evidence that memories persist through regeneration; challenges substrate-dependence of identity.
Insect larvae retain memories through complete brain remodeling during metamorphosis to adult form.
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Shows that identity and cognitive continuity persist despite radical neural substrate change.

Communities (3)

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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
Substrate-independent self & memory plasticity
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Identity and memory persist functionally across radical material change, rejecting fixed biological substrates.
Cognitive plasticity and uncertainty metabolization
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How organisms dynamically restructure cognition and identity through metabolizing uncertainty, enabling adaptive robustness across embodied contexts.

Questions (1)

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What are the invariants that enable a Self to persist and remain recognizable despite drastic biological remodeling?
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Drives investigation of memory, identity, and continuity across metamorphosis and regeneration.

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The Self is malleable and plastic, changing radically during an organism's lifetime.claim0.893
The Self is subject to significant change in real-time, both slow maturation and radical material remodeling.claim0.862
Plasticity of the Self is a fundamental property of life.
Cognitive Self as Plastic and Malleableclaim0.845
The subject of memories and preferences is not fixed but undergoes radical substrate remodeling during lifetime; demonstrated by metamorphosis, regeneration, and bioengineering examples.
The boundary between Self and World is not fixed and can change between generations and within a lifetime — this plasticity is fundamental to life's ability to survive, adapt, and exist as chimeric forms.claim0.828
Core biological claim about the plasticity of self-models, grounding the broader philosophical argument about identity and change
Selves are not fixed permanent agents; the substrate of memory, preferences, and rewards is plastic and can remodel during the agent's lifetime.claim0.828
Central claim that cognitive Selves change in real-time, supported by examples of metamorphosis and regeneration.
Minds are not tightly bound to specific architectures but readily mold to changes in genomic defaults and material substrate.claim0.803
Central claim supporting TAME's framework: evidence of cognitive flexibility across diverse embodied systems.
Memory is a candidate invariant that enables a Self to persist despite drastic alterations of substrate.claim0.801
Memory transfer across tissues and through metamorphosis supports persistence of Self.
Plasticity of the Selfconcept0.787
The Self is not fixed; its boundaries, goals, and substrate can change during the lifetime of an agent.

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What is the relationship between memory and self-identity across transformative changes?questions/what-is-the-relationship-between-memory-and-selfidentity.md0.814
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Does continuity of self persist through radical transformation?questions/does-continuity-of-self-persist-through-radical-transformation.md0.787
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Source: http://nature-of-order.stefan-lesser.com/wholeness-and-real-likingarticles/garden/2021-11-17_Stefan-Lesser_nature-of-order.stefan-lesser._wholeness-and-real-liking_4a24d4.md0.765