The Phenomenal Is Functional: A Unified Theory of Consciousness and Computation
Michael Timothy Bennett,
Sean Welsh
Abstract:<p><strong>Please note this is a draft on which we are seeking feedback. Substantial changes and a third author are likely be added to the next version.</strong></p>
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<p>The hard problem of consciousness asks why there is something it is like to be a conscious organism. We address this from 1st principles, by constructing a formalism that unifies lower and higher order theories of consciousness. We assume pancomputationalism and hold that the environme… Show more
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