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The self-pattern theory, integrating neural and embodied dynamics, is explicated through narrative, psychiatric studies, and predictive processing. This approach clarifies the dynamic relations within the self-pattern, moving beyond a mere list of components.

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Area of Science:

  • Phenomenology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Philosophy of Mind

Background:

  • The pattern theory of self posits the self as a dynamical pattern, incorporating neural and embodied dynamics.
  • Criticism exists regarding the failure to explicate dynamical relations within the self-pattern, reducing it to a mere list of elements.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explicate the dynamical relations within the self-pattern.
  • To address criticisms of the pattern theory of self by detailing its dynamic components.
  • To integrate insights from narrative, psychopathology, and neuroscience.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the narrative component of self-pattern reiteration.
  • Examination of psychiatric and neurological disorders to understand self-pattern dynamics.
  • Application of predictive processing frameworks in neuroscience to elucidate self-pattern relations.

Main Results:

  • Self-pattern dynamics are reflectively reiterated in narrative.
  • Disorders reveal failures in self-pattern dynamical relations.
  • Neuroscience, particularly predictive processing, offers a framework for understanding these dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • The self-pattern is a dynamic entity, not a static list.
  • Narrative, psychopathology, and predictive processing are key to understanding self-pattern dynamics.
  • This expanded view offers a more robust account of the self.