The distributed self in layers, nodes, axes, symbol, energy, and limit
The self is not a commander in the brain, and it is not everywhere at once. It is a pattern held together across body, memory, language, relationship, and time, dependent on critical nodes but identical with none of them. Beneath that pattern sit…
The distributed layered Self
The self is neither a little person inside the brain nor a vague everywhere. It is an emergent process, grounded in critical nodes, sustained by distributed interaction, and shaped by body, prediction, memory, language, relationship, culture, sleep, and…
The distributed Self and it’s criticism
A strong model of the self must do two things at once: synthesize what is fragmented and resist the temptation to explain more than it has earned. The distributed mind is a powerful map, but it becomes more credible when it admits its omissions, its…