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View article: Phi-monads are conceptually problematic and mathematically undefined in Integrated Information Theory 4.0
Phi-monads are conceptually problematic and mathematically undefined in Integrated Information Theory 4.0 Open
The Integrated Information Theory (IIT) 4.0 is an influential framework aiming to explain consciousness mathematically in terms of intrinsic existence, namely what exists for itself in a specific, maximally irreducible, structured form. II…
View article: Transdisciplinary Consciousness Science
Transdisciplinary Consciousness Science Open
Consciousness science is at a crossroads, with competing theories, fragmented methodologies, and unresolved foundational questions. In response, we argue for a transdisciplinary approach that moves beyond traditional academic boundaries an…
View article: We need to explain subjective experience, but its explanation may not be mechanistic
We need to explain subjective experience, but its explanation may not be mechanistic Open
Models of consciousness need to explain both the objective correlates of conscious experience as well as its subjective structure. However, such an explanation would not need to entail a reduction exclusively in terms of physical or neural…
View article: We need to explain subjective experience, but its explanation may not be mechanistic
We need to explain subjective experience, but its explanation may not be mechanistic Open
Models of consciousness need to explain both objective correlates of conscious experience as well as its subjective structure. However, such an explanation would not need to entail a reduction exclusively in terms of physical or neural sys…
View article: The Science of Consciousness Beyond Neuroscience
The Science of Consciousness Beyond Neuroscience Open
The science of consciousness requires multiple disciplines. There are complex philosophical questions that need to be understood, physical restrictions to consider, biological organisation that seems relevant to conscious beings, and pheno…
View article: Only consciousness truly exists? Two problems for IIT 4.0’s ontology
Only consciousness truly exists? Two problems for IIT 4.0’s ontology Open
In this article we present two ontological problems for the Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness 4.0: what we call the (i) the intrinsicality 2.0 problem, and (ii) the engineering problem. These problems entail that truly existin…
View article: Big Bang consciousness: IIT 4.0 and the origin of subjective experience
Big Bang consciousness: IIT 4.0 and the origin of subjective experience Open
This paper addresses a problem that arises from the ontological commitments of Integrated Information Theory (IIT) 4.0, particularly its stance that only conscious entities truly exist. This position leads to the "origin of consciousness p…
View article: The Fundamental Tension in Integrated Information Theory 4.0’s Realist Idealism
The Fundamental Tension in Integrated Information Theory 4.0’s Realist Idealism Open
Integrated Information Theory (IIT) is currently one of the most influential scientific theories of consciousness. Here, we focus specifically on a metaphysical aspect of the theory’s most recent version (IIT 4.0), what we may call its ide…
View article: The Fundamental Tension in Integrated Information Theory 4.0’s Realist Idealism
The Fundamental Tension in Integrated Information Theory 4.0’s Realist Idealism Open
Integrated Information Theory (IIT) is currently one of the most influential scientific theories of consciousness. Here, we focus specifically on a metaphysical aspect of the theory’s most recent version (IIT 4.0), what we may call its ide…
View article: Commentary: Not in the drug, not in the brain: causality in psychedelic experiences from an enactive perspective
Commentary: Not in the drug, not in the brain: causality in psychedelic experiences from an enactive perspective Open
GENERAL COMMENTARY article Front. Psychol., 22 June 2023Sec. Consciousness Research Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1217108
View article: Continuous Organismic Sentience as the Integration of Core Affect and Vitality
Continuous Organismic Sentience as the Integration of Core Affect and Vitality Open
In consciousness studies there is a growing tendency to consider experience as (i) fundamentally affective and (ii) deeply interlinked with interoceptive and homeostatic bodily processes. However, this view still needs further development …
View article: “I am feeling tension in my whole body”: An experimental phenomenological study of empathy for pain
“I am feeling tension in my whole body”: An experimental phenomenological study of empathy for pain Open
Introduction Traditionally, empathy has been studied from two main perspectives: the theory-theory approach and the simulation theory approach. These theories claim that social emotions are fundamentally constituted by mind states in the b…
View article: We need to explain subjective experience, but its explanation may not be mechanistic
We need to explain subjective experience, but its explanation may not be mechanistic Open
Models of consciousness need to explain both objective correlates of conscious experience as well as its subjective structure. However, such an explanation would not need to entail a reduction exclusively in terms of physical or neural sys…
View article: We need to explain subjective experience, but its explanation may not be mechanistic
We need to explain subjective experience, but its explanation may not be mechanistic Open
Models of consciousness need to explain both objective correlates of conscious experience as well as its subjective structure. However, such an explanation would not need to entail a reduction exclusively in terms of physical or neural sys…
View article: A study based on the embodied emotion approach: The recognition of whole‐body social emotions and postural control in Alzheimer's disease dementia, Parkinson's disease and healthy control
A study based on the embodied emotion approach: The recognition of whole‐body social emotions and postural control in Alzheimer's disease dementia, Parkinson's disease and healthy control Open
Background Alzheimer's disease dementia (ADD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) have a significant impairment in social emotion recognition. Most of these studies assess emotional perception as the ability to identify others' facial emotions (E…