?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Evolution+as+Connecting+First-Person+and+Third-Person+Perspectives+of+Consciousness&rft.creator=Menant%2C+Christophe&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Primatology&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.description=First-person+and+third-person+perspectives+are+different+items+of+human+consciousness.%0D%0AFeeling+the+taste+of+a+fruit+or+being+consciously+part+of+a+group+eating+fruits+call+for+different+perspectives+of%0D%0Aconsciousness.+The+latter+is+about+objective+reality+(third-person+data).+The+former+is+about+subjective%0D%0Aexperience+(first-person+data)+and+cannot+be+described+entirely+by+objective+reality.%0D%0AWe+propose+to+look+at+how+these+two+perspectives+could+be+rooted+in+an+evolutionary+origin+of+human%0D%0Aconsciousness%2C+and+somehow+be+connected.%0D%0AOur+starting+point+is+a+scenario+describing+how+evolution+could+have+transformed+a+non+self-conscious%0D%0Aauto-representation+into+a+conscious+self-representation+(Menant+2006).+The+scenario+is+based+on+the%0D%0Aperformance+of+inter-subjectivity+existing+among+non+human+primates+(Gardenfors+2006).+A+key+item+of+the%0D%0Ascenario+is+the+identification+of+the+auto-representation+of+a+subject+with+the+representations+that+the+subject%0D%0Ahas+of+her+conspecifics%2C+the+latter+feeding+the+former+with+the+meaning%3A+%E2%80%9Cexisting+in+the+environment%E2%80%9D.%0D%0ASo+during+evolution%2C+pre-human+primates+were+brought+to+perceive+their+auto-representation+as+existing+in%0D%0Athe+environment.+Such+process+could+have+generated+the+initial+elements+of+a+conscious+self-representation.%0D%0AWe+take+this+scenario+as+providing+a+possible+rooting+of+human+consciousness+in+evolution.%0D%0AWe+develop+here+a+part+of+this+scenario+by+expliciting+the+inward+and+outward+components+of+the+non%0D%0Aself-conscious+auto-representation.%0D%0AInward+components+are+about+proprioception+and+interoception+(thirst%2C+pain%2C+%E2%80%A6).+Outward+components+cover%0D%0Athe+sensory+information+relative+to+the+perception+of+the+body+(seen+feet%2C+%E2%80%A6+)+and+of+its+effects+on+the%0D%0Aenvironment.%0D%0AWe+consider+that+the+initial+elements+of+a+conscious+self-representation+have+been+applied+to+both+inward+and%0D%0Aoutward+components+of+the+auto-representation.+We+propose+that+the+application+to+inward+components+made%0D%0Apossible+some+first-person+information%2C+and+that+the+application+to+outward+components+brought+up+third-person%0D%0Ainformation.+Relations+between+the+two+perspectives+are+highlighted.%0D%0ASuch+approach+can+root+first-person+and+third-person+perspectives+in+the+same+slot+of+human+evolution.%0D%0AWe+conclude+by+a+summary+of+the+above+and+introduce+a+possible+application+of+this+approach+to+the+concepts%0D%0Aof+bodily+self+and+of+pre-reflexive+self-consciousness+(Legrand%2C+2006).&rft.date=2008-06&rft.type=Conference+Poster&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6120%2F2%2FC.Menant-ASSC12-Poster.pdf&rft.identifier=++Menant%2C+Christophe++(2008)+Evolution+as+Connecting+First-Person+and+Third-Person+Perspectives+of+Consciousness.++%5BConference+Poster%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6120%2F