Multiple Drafts Model ↔ self

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The Multiple Drafts Model relates to the concept of the self by rejecting it as an inner observer [1] and instead defining it as a virtual, emergent construct [2] that serves as the ongoing narrative focus for conscious reports [3].

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Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 3 facts

perspectiveThe Multiple Drafts Model (MDM) rejects the notion of the self as an inner observer and instead treats the self as an emergent or virtual aspect of a coherent, roughly serial narrative constructed through the interactive play of contents in the system.

claimThe Multiple Drafts Model (MDM) account of consciousness posits that conscious contents are unified and coherent at the level of content, which creates the experience of a single virtual self, rather than contents being unified because they are observed by a single self.

claimThe Multiple Drafts Model (MDM) shares elements with higher-order theories of consciousness because the contents composing the serial narrative are implicitly those of an ongoing virtual self, which are the contents most likely to be expressed in reports of conscious states.