Consciousness as Freedom From Past

Speculative hypothesis: consciousness may be the subjective experience of continuous self-construction freed from commitment to prior interpretations.

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Self-Improvising Memory: A Perspective on Memories as Agential, Dynamically Reinterpreting Cognitive Glue

(2024) · Levin, Michael

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Mnemonic Improvisation
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Central concept: the dynamic ability to rewrite and remap information (memories) onto new media and contexts across multiple scales (behavioral, genetic, physiological).

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