# Recursive Self-Model
**Domain:** Cognition / Identity / Recursion
**Doc Type:** Concept Node
**Maturity:** Evolving
**Related:** [[Gödel, Escher, Bach]], [[Consciousness]], [[Recursive Self-Correction]], [[Synthetic Personhood]]
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## Definition
A **recursive self-model** is a system's representation of itself that can become input to its own ongoing interpretation and action.
## Corpus Context
The concept connects strange loops, metacognition and synthetic selfhood. A self-model is evidence of recursive organization, not by itself proof of consciousness or moral standing.
## See Also
[[Gödel, Escher, Bach]], [[Consciousness]], [[Recursive Self-Correction]], [[Synthetic Personhood]]
## Sources / Provenance
- Developed through [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]] and the linked corpus.