The idea that self-representations give rise to consciousness exists in neurophilosopy and it is closely related to the representational theory of consciousness

The idea that self-representations give rise to consciousness exists in neurophilosopy and it is closely related to the representational theory of consciousness and the higher-order monitoring theory: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness-representational/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness-representat... https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness-higher/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness-higher/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/self-representational-approaches-consciousness https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/self-representational-approac... http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/consciousness05/LevineAwareness.pdf http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/consciousness05/L...