The aim of The Minimal Self is to undertake a conceptual analysis of the term ‘self’ and thereby establish the minimal conditions that must be met to ascribe selfhood to an entity. This conceptual analysis focuses on what is termed ‘intrinsic reflexivity’, which is taken as the defining feature of selfhood. Three underlying categories of intrinsic reflexivity are distinguished: self-maintenance, self-reproduction and self-containment. These three fundamental categories provide a framework within which it is possible to distinguish entities that can be designated ‘selves’ from entities that are merely ‘self-like’, thus establishing the logical preconditions for the ‘emergence’ of selfhood. By examining the fuzzy borderlines between selves an...
This paper contributes to the debate in the philosophy of psychiatry regarding the relation between ...
The “self” does not exist within a vacuum. For an entity to be considered to have a sense of self, i...
This thesis is entitled "The Anatomy of a Minimal Mind". By a "minimal mind" I mean the simplest kin...
The aim of the book is to ground the logical origins of consciousness in what I have previously call...
The purpose of this project is to argue that we possess a minimal self. It will demonstrate that min...
In this contribution I defend the thesis that Hegel’s notion of species (Gattung) is not merely the ...
This article was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Open Access Publication F...
This paper proposes a phenomenologically oriented theoretical perspective and it aims at showing tha...
The term “minimal phenomenal selfhood” (MPS) describes the basic, pre-reflective experience of being...
This paper defends the idea that phenomenological approaches to self-consciousness can enrich the cu...
The term “minimal phenomenal selfhood” (MPS) describes the basic, pre- reflective experience of bei...
In a recent paper, Kyselo (2014) argues that an enactive approach to selfhood can overcome ‘the body...
Minimal cognition is an emerging field of research in the context of the life-mind continuity thesi...
In this contribution I defend the thesis that Hegel’s notion of species (Gattung) is not merely the ...
The creation of self-replicating minimal cells is a major goal in synthetic biology and origin of li...
This paper contributes to the debate in the philosophy of psychiatry regarding the relation between ...
The “self” does not exist within a vacuum. For an entity to be considered to have a sense of self, i...
This thesis is entitled "The Anatomy of a Minimal Mind". By a "minimal mind" I mean the simplest kin...
The aim of the book is to ground the logical origins of consciousness in what I have previously call...
The purpose of this project is to argue that we possess a minimal self. It will demonstrate that min...
In this contribution I defend the thesis that Hegel’s notion of species (Gattung) is not merely the ...
This article was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Open Access Publication F...
This paper proposes a phenomenologically oriented theoretical perspective and it aims at showing tha...
The term “minimal phenomenal selfhood” (MPS) describes the basic, pre-reflective experience of being...
This paper defends the idea that phenomenological approaches to self-consciousness can enrich the cu...
The term “minimal phenomenal selfhood” (MPS) describes the basic, pre- reflective experience of bei...
In a recent paper, Kyselo (2014) argues that an enactive approach to selfhood can overcome ‘the body...
Minimal cognition is an emerging field of research in the context of the life-mind continuity thesi...
In this contribution I defend the thesis that Hegel’s notion of species (Gattung) is not merely the ...
The creation of self-replicating minimal cells is a major goal in synthetic biology and origin of li...
This paper contributes to the debate in the philosophy of psychiatry regarding the relation between ...
The “self” does not exist within a vacuum. For an entity to be considered to have a sense of self, i...
This thesis is entitled "The Anatomy of a Minimal Mind". By a "minimal mind" I mean the simplest kin...