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A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.

Self-model (noun) means: A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model. It emerges from model, hold, subject: A compressing system turns its compression on itself and acts on the result. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 14, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

self-model.reflexive · forms: self-model, self-models

Examples

Emergence

from: model hold subject
through: A compressing system turns its compression on itself and acts on the result.

Chain to foundations

touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.saysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities getactL3 act.deed: do somethingmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entityinformationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencescontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionlikeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.setsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.getL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youdifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.modelL9 model.representation: A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.processL4 process.general: A set of changes that occur in something over time.eventL3 event.occurrence: a change that occurs in a place during a timechangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statemarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.workL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacehappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placematterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.controlL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingssubjectL5 subject.entity: a thing that a change process is about in an eventobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.occursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingself-modelL14 self-model.reflexive: A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placeothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not move
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used by — 50 more not shownbuilt fromauthenticityL15authenticity.state — a self-model whose window overlaps the range the system actually occupiescomfort zoneL15comfort-zone.named — the performance window, named from inside.feature creepL15feature-creep.drift — a drift that narrows the window because no one noticed the boundary moving, and the self-model still treats the old ranggroupthinkL15groupthink.collective — A self-model in a collection that mistakes its own repetition for truth, narrowing the window until difference cannot enhindsight is twenty twentyL15hindsight-is-twenty-twenty.retrospection — A self-model that was wrong during the event becomes accurate when the past is observed, revealing that the model could hopeL15hope.emotional — a self-model representing a currently closed window as reachablehumilityL15humility.calibrated — a self-model whose reported window is at least as wide as the range it actually holds, the one report that cannot say moidentity crisisL15identity-crisis.anchor — a self-model whose parameter drifts while the model and the thing it models are similar, so no separate boundary can actself-modelL14self-model.reflexive — A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.modelL9model.representation — A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.holdL13hold.physical — keep thing with touch and force so it does not movesubjectL5subject.entity — a thing that a change process is about in an event

Used by (58)

authenticityL15comfort zoneL15feature creepL15groupthinkL15hindsight is twenty twentyL15hopeL15humilityL15identity crisisL15identityL15insecurityL15introspectionL15lost the plotL15meeting of mindsL15metacognitionL15midlife crisisL15mission creepL15open secretL15prideL15rationalizationL15reading between the linesL15responsibilityL15second natureL15self-deceptionL15self-esteemL15self fulfilling prophecyL15sunk costL15team spiritL15unspoken ruleL15vulnerabilityL15coming of ageL17perfectionismL17confidenceL18denialL18despairL18doubtL18legacy codeL18point of no returnL18shameL18guiltL19learning curveL19blind spotL20conscienceL20delusions of grandeurL20gut feelingL20high horseL20personaL20read the roomL20regretL20sanity checkL20second windL20down to earthL21old habits die hardL21the way we have always done itL21impostor syndromeL22muscle memoryL23the three tiersL23ahead of its timeL24habitL24

Relations

is-amodel.representationa self-model is a model with a reflexive subject

Provenance

author: hand · date: 2026-07-31 · confidence: 1.0 · source: Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md