Evolutionary Advantages of Inter-Subjectivity and Self-Consciousness through Improvements of Action Programs

1) Evolutionary advantages of intersubjectivity and self-consciousness: * Anxiety limitation process (1), (2), (3): Intersubjectivity and identification with suffering/endangered conspecifics => anxiety increase. Anxiety limitation by development of Empathy, Imitation, Language, Group life, Intersubjectivity. Positive feedback. Evolutionary advantage. * Action programs improvements: Intersubjectivty => agent identifies with the observed conspecific. Agent feels as her own a mistaken action of observed conspecific. Agent perceives from her position the mistaken action of conspecific. A different perspective can bring up new action programs that avoid the mistake. Improved action programs are available to the agent. Transfer to conspecifics through imitation processes. Evolutionary advantage.