An Algorithmic Metaphysics of Self-Patterns

The paper draws on an algorithmic criterion to demonstrate that the self (as initially described in Shaun Gallagher’s a pattern theory of self) is a composite, scattered, and patterned object. It also addresses the question of extendedness of the self-pattern. Based on the criteria drawn from algori...

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Main Author:	Majid D. Beni
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:	Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:	coupling constitution composition compressibility free energy principle self-pattern
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.607917/full

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spelling	doaj-f07a88edb24e4a2384c79174777cb99e2020-12-10T09:02:42ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-12-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.607917607917An Algorithmic Metaphysics of Self-PatternsMajid D. BeniThe paper draws on an algorithmic criterion to demonstrate that the self (as initially described in Shaun Gallagher’s a pattern theory of self) is a composite, scattered, and patterned object. It also addresses the question of extendedness of the self-pattern. Based on the criteria drawn from algorithmic complexity, I argue that although the self-pattern possesses a genuinely extended aspect (and in this sense, the self-pattern is minimally extended) the self-pattern and its environment do not constitute a genuine composite object.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.607917/fullcouplingconstitutioncompositioncompressibilityfree energy principleself-pattern
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title	An Algorithmic Metaphysics of Self-Patterns
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description	The paper draws on an algorithmic criterion to demonstrate that the self (as initially described in Shaun Gallagher’s a pattern theory of self) is a composite, scattered, and patterned object. It also addresses the question of extendedness of the self-pattern. Based on the criteria drawn from algorithmic complexity, I argue that although the self-pattern possesses a genuinely extended aspect (and in this sense, the self-pattern is minimally extended) the self-pattern and its environment do not constitute a genuine composite object.
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An Algorithmic Metaphysics of Self-Patterns

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