?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Evolutionary+Advantages+of+Inter-Subjectivity+and+Self-Consciousness+through+Improvements+of+Action+Programs&rft.creator=Menant%2C+Mr+Christophe&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Primatology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Evolutionary+advantages+of+consciousness+and+intersubjectivity+are+part+of+current+philosophical+debates+on+the+nature+of+consciousness.%0D%0ABoth+are+linked+and+intersubjectivity+is+sometimes+considered+as+a+form+of+consciousness+%5B1%5D.+Regarding+the+evolution+of+consciousness%2C+studies+tend+to+focus+on+phenomenal+consciousness+%5B2%5D.%0D%0AWe+would+like+here+to+bring+the+focus+on+self-consciousness+and+continue+the+build+up+of+a+corresponding+evolutionary+scenario.+We+also+propose+to+introduce+a+possible+evolutionary+link+between+self-consciousness+and+phenomenal%0D%0Aconsciousness.%0D%0AOur+starting+point+is+the+evolutionary+scenario+based+on+the+evolution+of+intersubjectivity+that+goes+thru+the+identification+with+conspecifics+at+pre-human+primate+time+frame+%5B3%2C+4%2C+5%5D.+The+scenario+considers+that+such+identification+with+conspecifics+brought+the+non+self-conscious+auto-representation+carried+by+our+prehuman%0D%0Aprimate+ancestors+to+merge+with+the+representations+of+conspecifics.+The+latter+transferred+to+the+auto-representation+the+characteristics+of+an+entity+existing+in%0D%0Athe+environment%2C+and+by+this+way+introduced+some+first+elements+of+self-consciousness+for+our+pre-human+ancestors.+In+addition%2C+an+anxiety+increase+coming+from+the+identification+with+suffering+or+endangered+conspecifics+produced+an+evolutionary+engine+based+on+anxiety++limitation.+We+want+here+to+complement+this+evolutionary+approach+by+introducing+the+improvement+of+action+programs+as+a+contributor+to+the+evolutionary+advantages+of+intersubjectivity+and+self-consciousness.%0D%0AWe+look+at+the+possibility+for+a+subject+to+improve+the+action+programs+that+conspecifics+implement.+The+performance+of+identification+with+conspecifics+allows+the+subject+to+consider+that+errors+made+by+conspecifics+are%0D%0Apotentially+her+own+errors%2C+and+consequently+allows+the+subject+to+correct+the+errors+of+conspecifics+for+her+own+benefit.+We+describe+the+process+of+non+successful+action%0D%0Aidentification+from+the+perspective+of+an+observer+and+present+the+synergetic+action+program+improvements+with+their+contribution+to+the+evolution+of+intersubjectivity+and%0D%0Aself-consciousness.+We+add+this+contribution+to+the+existing+evolutionary+scenario+on+self-consciousness+and+introduce+a+possible+evolutionary+link+between+self-consciousness+and+phenomenal+consciousness.+We+use+for+that+the+relation+existing+between+phenomenal+consciousness+and+pre-reflexive+self-consciousness+%5B6%5D+and+propose+to+link+the+latter+to+the+proposed+evolutionary+nature+of+self-consciousness.%0D%0AWe+finish+by+summarizing+the+points+addressed+and+by+introducing+some+possible+continuations.%0D%0A&rft.date=2010-04&rft.type=Conference+Poster&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6831%2F1%2FChristophe_Menant_TSC_2010_Poster.pdf&rft.identifier=++Menant%2C+Mr+Christophe++(2010)+Evolutionary+Advantages+of+Inter-Subjectivity+and+Self-Consciousness+through+Improvements+of+Action+Programs.++%5BConference+Poster%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6831%2F