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concept:no-self-anatmanNo-self (anātman)
Buddhist doctrine that there is no permanent, independent self; only a stream of aggregates.
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- Thomas MetzingerstudiesPhilosopher of consciousness; opacity/transparency framework cited to explain meta-awareness mechanisms.
- Vasubandhustudies4th/5th-century Indian Buddhist monk of the Yogācāra school, known for deconstructing the self.
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- Anatta Non Selfsame_asEastern Buddhist and Indic conception offering parallel solution to Persistence Paradox; non-duality of Self vs. world.
- Self as imputationassociated_withBuddhist idea that a person is a conceptual designation rather than a substantial entity.
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- Buddhist doctrine that there is no permanent self; grounds non-duality in AI alignment by eliminating adversarial self-preservation
- Core Buddhist doctrine that selfhood is illusory, constructed from impermanent causal factors, providing philosophical foundation for the entire inquiry.
- Model of agency in which self is constituted by dynamical patterns of care and goal-pursuit rather than permanent substance or essence.
- Eastern perspective on non-duality of Self and world.
- The Zen concept of a state beyond ego and conceptual thought, equated by Alexander with reaching the I through truly pleasing oneself.
- The interior awareness, consciousness, and felt identity that each person experiences; absent from mechanistic cosmology.
- Eastern philosophical tradition proposing non-duality between Self and world; parallel solution to persistence paradox alongside Process Philosophy.
- Title of the paper, encapsulating its central claim.