title: Empirical perspectives from the self-model theory of subjectivity: a brief summary with examples.
abstract: A concise sketch of the self-model theory of subjectivity (SMT; Metzinger, 2003a), aimed at empirical researchers. Discussion of some candidate mechanisms by which self-awareness could appear in a physically realized information-processing system like the brain, using empirical examples from various scientific disciplines. The paper introduces two core-concepts, the "phenomenal self-model" (PSM) and the "phenomenal model of the intentionality relation" (PMIR), developing a representationalist analysis of the conscious self and the emergence of a first-person perspective.
authors.affiliation: Philosophisches Seminar, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany. metzinger@uni-mainz.de
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Metzinger
mesh_terms: D003243:Consciousness; D004532:Ego; D036262:Empirical Research; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D012649:Self Concept; D019455:Self Psychology