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Terrence W. Deacon on Self- Consciousness - Dictionary of Arguments

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Self-consciousness/language/symbols/signs/Deacon: Symbols (which in turn are designed as a system with internal relations) make it possible for the reference to eliminate connections to personal experiences.
>Symbols/Deacon
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For its part, the individual can establish new indexical connections to subjective experiences.
>Experience, >Indexicality.
The "subjective distance" of the public language allows a greater freedom than it would have been if it were a matter of direct memory or visualization of experiences. This is crucial for the development of self-consciousness.
>Language/Vygotsky, >Everyday language, >Self-awareness.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Dea I
T. W. Deacon
The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of language and the Brain New York 1998

Dea II
Terrence W. Deacon
Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter New York 2013


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