Why the brain needs language in order to be self-conscious |
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| Authors: | Yair Neuman Ophir Nave |
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| Institution: | a Office for Interdisciplinary Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Rager St., 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel
b Department of Mathematics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel |
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| Abstract: | It has been argued that natural language, in the form of inner speech, plays a central role in self-consciousness. However, it is not quite clear why. In this paper, we present a novel answer to the why question. According to the thesis presented in this paper, the brain as a physical system is limited in observing itself and relies on the mediation of natural language for the reconstruction of its phase space trajectory. Drawing on knowledge gathered on the measurement of dynamical systems, we detail the unique properties of natural language that may support this reconstruction. |
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| Keywords: | Self-consciousness Natural language Inner speech Dynamical systems Phase space trajectory reconstruction Interdisciplinary research |
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