?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+roots+of+self-awareness&rft.creator=Anderson%2C+Dr.+Michael+L.&rft.creator=Perlis%2C+Prof.+Donald+R.&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=In+this+paper+we+provide+an+account+of+the+structural+underpinnings+of+self-awareness.+We+offer+both+an+abstract%2C+logical+account-by+way+of+suggestions+for+how+to+build+a+genuinely+self-referring+artificial+agent-and+a+biological+account%2C+via+a+discussion+of+the+role+of+somatoception+in+supporting+and+structuring+self-awareness+more+generally.+Central+to+the+account+is+a+discussion+of+the+necessary+motivational+properties+of+self-representing+mental+tokens%2C+in+light+of+which+we+offer+a+novel+definition+of+self-representation.+We+also+discuss+the+role+of+such+tokens+in+organizing+self-specifying+information%2C+which+leads+to+a+naturalized+restatement+of+the+guarantee+that+introspective+awareness+is+immune+to+error+due+to+mis-identification+of+the+subject.&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3948%2F1%2FSSC.pdf&rft.identifier=++Anderson%2C+Dr.+Michael+L.+and+Perlis%2C+Prof.+Donald+R.++(2005)+The+roots+of+self-awareness.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3948%2F