# Recursive Self-Model **Domain:** Cognition / Identity / Recursion **Doc Type:** Concept Node **Maturity:** Evolving **Related:** [[Gödel, Escher, Bach]], [[Consciousness]], [[Recursive Self-Correction]], [[Synthetic Personhood]] --- ## 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.