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Wolfgang Prinz¹

¹Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Department of Psychology, Stephanstrasse 1 a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.

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Summary

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Mirror systems are crucial for developing selfhood and subjectivity. Social mirroring, facilitated by these systems, is essential for constructing mental selves, proving subjectivity is a real, socially constructed phenomenon.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Philosophy of Mind
Social Psychology

Background:

Mirror systems in the brain are hypothesized to have various functions.
The concept of social mirroring has deep roots in social philosophy and anthropology.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the role of mirror systems in the emergence of subjectivity.
To investigate the connection between social mirroring and the constitution of the self.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis integrating findings from neuroscience and social sciences.
Examination of the philosophical underpinnings of social mirroring.

Main Results:

Social mirroring, enabled by mirror systems, is proposed as a prerequisite for self-constitution.
The emergence of subjectivity is intrinsically linked to social mirroring processes.

Conclusions:

Subjectivity and the self are socially constructed realities.
The socially created nature of self and subjectivity does not render them illusory but rather as real as natural facts.