The Self: Reflexivity of the Conscious Field

This study forms part of a broader research program devoted to the dynamic modeling of memory, consciousness, and subjectivity. Previous work led to the definition of a global memory field as a dynamic space for the organization and integration of informational traces, and subsequently to the conceptualization of consciousness as an emergent stabilization function operating within this field. This theoretical framework also provided a basis for exploring the relationship between individual and collective consciousness, as well as for describing intelligence and intuition as differential properties of the conscious field. Subsequent investigations resulted in the development of an interference-based and energetic model of consciousness in which conscious states emerge as transient stabilizations of a dynamic field generated by the interaction of memory activations, oscillatory synchronization, and the physiological constraints of the body–brain system. This model provided a formal account of the mechanisms underlying coherence, regulation, and fragmentation of the conscious field, particularly within contemporary algorithmic environments. Building directly upon this theoretical foundation, the present study explores a dimension that remains insufficiently formalized: reflexivity. We argue that subjectivity emerges from the intrinsic capacity of the conscious field to take itself as an object of dynamic integration through a recurrent feedback loop. A formal model of reflexivity is introduced, describing the formation of an integrated internal representation, C*(t), constructed from recent states of the conscious field and acting back upon the instantaneous dynamics of C(t). This reflexive process generates temporal continuity, self-observation, metacognitive regulation, and the phenomenological stability commonly associated with the Self. The Self is therefore interpreted not as a substance, a fundamental entity, or an inner observer, but as an emergent property arising from the functional closure and dynamic self-organization of the conscious system. The proposed framework offers a naturalistic, systemic, and non-substantialist theory of subjectivity situated at the intersection of philosophy of mind, cognitive science, theoretical neuroscience, and dynamical systems theory. The previous studies that led to the development of the present model have been published on Zenodo and are referenced in the bibliography.