?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Proposal+for+an+Approach+to+Artificial+Consciousness+Based+on+Self-Consciousness&rft.creator=Menant%2C+Mr+C.&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=Current+research+on+artificial+consciousness+is+focused+on%0D%0Aphenomenal+consciousness+and+on+functional+consciousness.%0D%0AWe+propose+to+shift+the+focus+to+self-consciousness+in+order%0D%0Ato+open+new+areas+of+investigation.+We+use+an+existing%0D%0Ascenario+where+self-consciousness+is+considered+as+the+result+of+an+evolution+of+representations.+Application+of+the+scenario+to+the+possible+build+up+of+a+conscious+robot+also+introduces+questions+relative+to+emotions+in+robots.+Areas+of+investigation+are+proposed+as+a+continuation+of+this+approach.&rft.publisher=AAAI+Press%2C+Menlo+Park%2C+California&rft.date=2007-11&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5999%2F1%2FFS01MenantCh20070905074007.pdf&rft.identifier=++Menant%2C+Mr+C.++(2007)+Proposal+for+an+Approach+to+Artificial+Consciousness+Based+on+Self-Consciousness.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5999%2F