Buddhist and Indic conceptions of no-Self

Eastern philosophical tradition proposing non-duality between Self and world; parallel solution to persistence paradox alongside Process Philosophy.

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The Self as an intelligent data pattern facilitating its own transformation
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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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Buddhist and Indic no-Self
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Eastern perspective on non-duality of Self and world.
Buddhist and Indic conceptions of no-Self and non-duality
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The persistence paradox
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Core logical puzzle: if an agent does not change, it dies; if it changes, the self ceases to exist. Applies to all scales from organelles to evolutionary lineages.

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Buddhist philosophy of no-self (anattā)framework0.838
Core Buddhist doctrine that selfhood is illusory, constructed from impermanent causal factors, providing philosophical foundation for the entire inquiry.
The self can be considered both extendable and illusory in Buddhist thought.claim0.773
Author assertion: rejection of singular self enables perception of distributed/dynamic selfhood; foundation for affordance augmentation hypothesis.
No-self (anātman)concept0.758
Buddhist doctrine that there is no permanent, independent self; only a stream of aggregates.
How Can Insights From Buddhist Philosophy About Nonselfquestion0.757
Although a scientific conception of universal life does not yet exist, traditional Buddhism and animistic religions treat each part of the world as having life.claim0.755
Acknowledges precursors in non‑Western traditions.
Anatta Non Selfconcept0.752
Eastern Buddhist and Indic conception offering parallel solution to Persistence Paradox; non-duality of Self vs. world.
Mahāyāna Buddhist orientation toward others as part of one's own identity.claim0.750
Non-Selfconcept0.747
Buddhist doctrine that there is no permanent self; grounds non-duality in AI alignment by eliminating adversarial self-preservation