Consciousness - Coherence of Modalities
Explores a coherence-based theory of consciousness, proposing structured nets and dynamic mappings as key elements. Discusses data structures, neural codes, and links to mathematical concepts.
Can IIT Resolve the Problem of Wigner's Friend?
Exploring superpositions of conscious states through IIT and quantum mechanics, addressing Wigner's thought experiment and its implications for understanding consciousness.
A Theoretical Computer Science Approach to Consciousness and AGI
Explore a theoretical computer science approach to consciousness and AGI through the Conscious Turing Machine model, offering insights into processor utilization and problem-solving.
Holographic Quantum Theory of Consciousness
Explore the quantum nature of consciousness, its connection to brainwaves and Schumann Resonances, and how quantum information theory can illuminate neuroscience and human experience.
Consciousness as a Coordination Mechanism
Exploring the hypothesis that consciousness arises from brain signal coordination, drawing parallels between neural traffic and road networks to understand global optimization patterns in brain activity.
Consciousness as a Coherence-Inducing Operator
Exploring consciousness as an operator that induces coherence in biological information processing, examining its properties, function, and potential for computational simulation.
Consciousness Is What It Is Like to Be an Online Compositional Learning System
Explores a hypothesis linking consciousness to online compositional learning, proposing a functional model that combines feature-binding with predictive processing to explain key aspects of conscious experience.
What Do Theories of Consciousness Predict About the Onset of Infant Consciousness?
Explores predictions of major consciousness theories on infant consciousness onset, examining higher-order, global workspace, integrated information, and recurrent processing theories.
Does a Computer Think If No One Is Around to See It?
Explores the ambiguity of computer thoughts, arguing that multiple interpretations of computations exist simultaneously, contrasting with the unambiguous nature of human cognition.
How to Model Consciousness Processes in Categorical Process Theory
Explore modeling consciousness using ZXW calculus, a graphical language for quantum computing, to understand interactions between perceiving and perceived divisions in cognitive processes.
Name, Number and the Foundation of Consciousness
Explores how natural languages and their inner domain of meaning create subject-object differentiation, forming the basis of consciousness through sound-meaning relations grounded in number.
Thresholds, Noise and Response Bias - Insights from Blindsight
Explores perceptual decision-making, thresholds, and blindsight, challenging assumptions about visual awareness and highlighting the role of response criteria in conscious behavior.
A Structural Turn in Consciousness Studies
Explores the emerging structural approach in consciousness studies, discussing its implications, potential pitfalls, and promise for advancing the field using mathematical and structural tools.
The Fitness-Beats-Truth Theorem - Some Philosophical Reflections
Philosophical exploration of the Fitness-beats-truth theorem, examining veridicality, mathematical representation, and potential self-refutation in the context of perceptual and cognitive models.
Understanding Weak and Strong Artificial Consciousness
Explores the distinction between simulating and instantiating consciousness, using the free energy principle to analyze the difference between weak and strong artificial consciousness.
A Conscious Agent Model and the Physical World
Explores how consciousness may be fundamental, challenging traditional views of reality and perception through scientific findings and proposing a new framework for understanding the physical world.
Mathematizing Phenomenology Within a Process Framework
Exploring mathematical approaches to phenomenology within a process framework, bridging subjective experiences and objective analysis for a comprehensive understanding of consciousness.
The Emergence of Geometric Worldviews in Qualia Space
Explores how cognitive capabilities, subjective experience, and macroscopic perception lead to geometric worldviews in organisms, using qualia-based measurement spaces and topological concepts.
Quantum Instrument Models in Cognitive Science
Explores quantum instrument models in cognitive science, explaining non-Bayesian belief updates in the "question order effect" while maintaining response replicability, challenging previous quantum approaches.
Model Templates for Minimal Models of Consciousness
Exploring model templates as a tool for analyzing consciousness theories, focusing on the free energy principle and its application across disciplines.
Consciousness and Free Will - A Physical Hypothesis for Distinguishing Humans from AI
Exploring a physical hypothesis for free will and consciousness based on quantum processes in the brain, distinguishing human cognition from AI through perception of parallel worlds.