We sometimes feel the presence of a person-like something on a non-biological object, such as a memento from a deceased family member or a well-engineered, human-shaped robot. This feeling—the sense of someone appearing there—has not been extensively investigated by philosophers. In this paper, I employ examples from previous studies, my own experiences, and thought experiments to conduct a philosophical analysis of the mechanism of the emergence of this person-like something by using the concept of an animated persona. This animation process works not only in cases of deceased people and non-biological objects but also in cases of a living, conscious human being. This suggests that the appearance of the other mind on a human body is not necessarily a reflection of that human’s inner self-consciousness but can be considered a personhood that appears, animated by various surrounding factors. I also propose the concept of “the supremacy of surface-ness over behind-ness”. Finally, I categorize the appearance of an animated persona on a human body or an object into eight patterns and compare their characteristics.

我们有时会在非生物物体上感觉到类似人的东西的存在，例如已故家庭成员的纪念品或精心设计的人形机器人。这种感觉——有人出现在那里的感觉——尚未被哲学家广泛研究。在本文中，我运用前人的研究实例、我自己的经历和思想实验，用动画人物角色的概念，对这种类人事物的出现机制进行哲学分析。这个动画过程不仅适用于死者和非生物物体，也适用于活着的、有意识的人。这表明，另一个心灵在人体上的出现不一定是该人内在自我意识的反映，而是可以被认为是在各种周围因素的推动下出现的人格。我还提出了“表面优先于背后”的概念。最后，我将人体或物体上的动画角色的外观分为八种模式并比较它们的特征。