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Non-separability of Physical Systems as a Foundation of Consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
A hypothesis is presented that non-separability of degrees of freedom is the fundamental property underlying consciousness in physical systems. The amount of consciousness in a system is determined by the extent of non-separability and the number of degrees of freedom involved.
arxiv   +1 more source

A Note on Relative Consciousness [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
This paper describes a mathematical formulation for measuring how one system can estimate the consciousness of another. This consciousness estimate is always relative to the observer. The paper shows how this formulation leads to simple resolutions of some key problems of consciousness.
arxiv  

Founding quantum theory on the basis of consciousness [PDF]

open access: yesFound. Phys. 36(6), 795 (2006), 2006
In the present work, quantum theory is founded on the framework of consciousness, in contrast to earlier suggestions that consciousness might be understood starting from quantum theory. The notion of streams of consciousness, usually restricted to conscious beings, is extended to the notion of a Universal/Global stream of conscious flow of ordered ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Survey of Consciousness Theory from Computational Perspective [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
Human consciousness has been a long-lasting mystery for centuries, while machine intelligence and consciousness is an arduous pursuit. Researchers have developed diverse theories for interpreting the consciousness phenomenon in human brains from different perspectives and levels.
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Consciousness and the unconscious. [PDF]

open access: yesPsychological Bulletin, 1912
Reviews numerous publications dealing with the problems of consciousness. The following have been described: (1) J. McCabe's attempts to synthesize data to give a history of the development of mind, (2) W. Fite's views on the nature of consciousness as unity in diversity, (3) K.
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Are There Levels of Consciousness? [PDF]

open access: yesTrends in Cognitive Sciences, 2016
The notion of a level of consciousness is a key construct in the science of consciousness. Not only is the term employed to describe the global states of consciousness that are associated with post-comatose disorders, epileptic absence seizures, anaesthesia, and sleep, it plays an increasingly influential role in theoretical and methodological contexts.
Jakob Hohwy   +3 more
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Consciousness and Spectrum of Consciousness

open access: yes, 2020
<pre>Spectrum of Consciousness is introduced in the paper. It is a human-friendly facilitator in human consciousness that balances human saintliness and animalization continuous interplay within us because of alpha intimidation. Structure and function assumptions discussed.
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Consciousness [PDF]

open access: yesBrain, 2001
Consciousness is topical, for reasons including its renewed respectability among psychologists, rapid progress in the neuroscience of perception, memory and action, advances in artificial intelligence and dissatisfaction with the dualistic separation of mind and body. Consciousness is an ambiguous term.
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Consciousness and Neuroscience [PDF]

open access: yesCerebral Cortex, 1998
The main purposes of this review are to set out for neuroscientists one possible approach to the problem of consciousness and to describe the relevant ongoing experimental work. We have not attempted an exhaustive review of other approaches.
Crick, Francis, Koch, Christof
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