Simulations and the evolution of consciousness

Bensemann, Joshua; Padriac, O'Leary,; Chen, Yang; Miranda-Dukoski, Ludmila; Witbrock, Michael

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“…A difficulty at the intersection of philosophical and psychological investigation into the nature of consciousness is understanding when one can properly attribute consciousness to an entity. This is in contrast to research on how consciousness is expressed and has evolved [1][2][3], how it correlates to neuronal and behavioural activities [4][5][6], or how it functions [7,8]. Our goal in this paper is to complement existing literature on consciousness by identifying the attributes and characteristics required for the attribution of consciousness.…”

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Building the Blocks of Being: The Attributes and Qualities Required for Consciousness

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For consciousness to exist, an entity must have prerequisite characteristics and attributes to give rise to it. We explore these “building blocks” of consciousness in detail in this paper, which range from perceptive to computational to meta-representational characteristics of an entity’s cognitive architecture. We show how each cognitive attribute is strictly necessary for the emergence of consciousness, and how the building blocks may be used for any entity to be classified as being conscious. The list of building blocks is not limited to human or organic consciousness and may be used to classify artificial and organisational conscious entities. We further explore a list of attributes that seem intuitively necessary for consciousness, but on further investigation, are neither required nor sufficient. The building blocks do not represent a theory of consciousness but rather a meta-theory on the emergence and classification of consciousness.

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Building the Blocks of Being: The Attributes and Qualities Required for Consciousness

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Building the Blocks of Being: The Attributes and Qualities That Are Independently Required and Jointly Sufficient for Con-Sciousness

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Nguyen³

2023

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For consciousness to exist, an entity must have prerequisite characteristics and attributes to give rise to it. We explore these “building blocks” of consciousness in detail in this paper, which range from perceptive to computational to higher-order characteristics of an entity’s cognitive architecture. We show how each cognitive attribute is strictly necessary for the emergence of consciousness, and how the building blocks are collectively sufficient for any entity to be classified as being conscious. The list of building blocks is not limited to human or organic consciousness and may be used to classify artificial and organisational conscious entities. We further explore a list of attributes that seem intuitively necessary for consciousness, but on further investigation, are neither required nor sufficient. The building blocks do not represent a theory of consciousness but rather a meta-theory on the emergence and classification of consciousness.

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Simulations and the evolution of consciousness

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Building the Blocks of Being: The Attributes and Qualities Required for Consciousness

Building the Blocks of Being: The Attributes and Qualities Required for Consciousness

Building the Blocks of Being: The Attributes and Qualities That Are Independently Required and Jointly Sufficient for Con-Sciousness

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