perceptions not corresponding to objective reality due to defects in sensory information processing used as the basis for that perception.
Optical illusions are examples of perceptions that don’t correspond to reality because of how our nervous system processes light signals. Errors in perception; either false positives or false negatives are illusions.
In some of the meditative traditions there is the goal of “losing the self”. I have never studied those traditions and don’t know much about them. I do know about dissociation from PTSD.
There can be entities that are not self-aware. I think that most animals that don’t recognize themselves in a mirror fit in the category of not recognizing themselves as entities. That was not the focus of what I wanted to talk about.
To be self-aware, an entity must have an entity detector that registers “self” upon exposure to certain stimuli.
Some animals do recognize other entities but don’t recognize themselves as “self”. They perceive another entity in a mirror, not themselves.
Yvain, what I mean by illusion is:
perceptions not corresponding to objective reality due to defects in sensory information processing used as the basis for that perception.
Optical illusions are examples of perceptions that don’t correspond to reality because of how our nervous system processes light signals. Errors in perception; either false positives or false negatives are illusions.
In some of the meditative traditions there is the goal of “losing the self”. I have never studied those traditions and don’t know much about them. I do know about dissociation from PTSD.
There can be entities that are not self-aware. I think that most animals that don’t recognize themselves in a mirror fit in the category of not recognizing themselves as entities. That was not the focus of what I wanted to talk about.
To be self-aware, an entity must have an entity detector that registers “self” upon exposure to certain stimuli.
Some animals do recognize other entities but don’t recognize themselves as “self”. They perceive another entity in a mirror, not themselves.