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claim:unitary-individuals-have-no-substantial-existence-this-must-be-accounted-for-in-any-model-of-agencyUnitary individuals have no substantial existence; this must be accounted for in any model of agency.
Grounding claim for the selfless self model.
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extracted_from(2023) · Witkowski, Olaf · Doctor, Thomas · Solomonova, Elizaveta · Duane, Bill +1
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- the selfcitesThe interior awareness, consciousness, and felt identity that each person experiences; absent from mechanistic cosmology.
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- Fundamental ontological claim underlying the selfless self model.
- Fundamental state of affairs: 'agent' and 'changeless' are mutually exclusive; all candidates for agency (organic, mechanic, hybrid) must change to act.
- Central denial of genuine consciousness or agency in dialogue agents, despite apparent self-preserving behaviour
- A person is more profitably considered an imputation rather than a substantial and enduring entity.concept0.762Load-bearing Buddhist philosophical assertion; Kapstein reference; captures core self-illusion doctrine.
- Acknowledges precursors in non‑Western traditions.
- Alexander's core metaphysical proposal introduced in §8.