The self does not have agency. The self is a model of the mind’s agency: it does not make but documents decisions, for learning and communication. That’s why the self is tied to the experience of volition. (The self is also a model of what the mind experiences and how it reacts.)
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I think it is necessary/desirable to take a super-inclusive approach because I'm trying to introduce a conceptual shift that is metaphysically fundamental. What a 'self' or a 'mind' is seems debatable. I can reduce them to nested histories of sensation.
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You cannot build a sculpture by sweeping and piling up the detritus in your workshop, you’ll always end up with a heap
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