From Minimal Self to Self as Hyper-generalized Sign: Notes for an Integrated Model of Subjectivity
Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia June 29, 2013 Sergio Salvatore, Pier Paolo Tarsi 1 citation
The self can be understood as a "hyper-generalized sign" that emerges from intersubjective sense-making, consistent with an emergentist view of personal identity. Integrating phenomenological, cognitive, and enactive research, the paper argues that pre-reflective consciousness and the non-conceptual self of the living body are not separate entities but part of a single psychological construct. This construct includes various forms of the self—minimal, pre-reflective, non-conceptual, ecological, and extended—studied in embodied and situated cognitive science. The theoretical perspective proposes a semiotic model of mind where the self is a dynamic product of intersubjective processes rather than a static substance.