Mathematical Models of Consciousness
In recent years, promising mathematical models have been proposed that aim to describe conscious experience and its relation to the physical domain. Whereas the axioms and metaphysical ideas of these theories have been carefully motivated, their mathematical formalism has not. In this article, we ai...
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| description | In recent years, promising mathematical models have been proposed that aim to describe conscious experience and its relation to the physical domain. Whereas the axioms and metaphysical ideas of these theories have been carefully motivated, their mathematical formalism has not. In this article, we aim to remedy this situation. We give an account of what warrants mathematical representation of phenomenal experience, derive a general mathematical framework that takes into account consciousness’ epistemic context, and study which mathematical structures some of the key characteristics of conscious experience imply, showing precisely where mathematical approaches allow to go beyond what the standard methodology can do. The result is a general mathematical framework for models of consciousness that can be employed in the theory-building process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5082a1e097ce47209ac6d52f6548e7b22023-11-20T02:15:45ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002020-05-0122660910.3390/e22060609Mathematical Models of ConsciousnessJohannes Kleiner0Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, D-80539 München, GermanyIn recent years, promising mathematical models have been proposed that aim to describe conscious experience and its relation to the physical domain. Whereas the axioms and metaphysical ideas of these theories have been carefully motivated, their mathematical formalism has not. In this article, we aim to remedy this situation. We give an account of what warrants mathematical representation of phenomenal experience, derive a general mathematical framework that takes into account consciousness’ epistemic context, and study which mathematical structures some of the key characteristics of conscious experience imply, showing precisely where mathematical approaches allow to go beyond what the standard methodology can do. The result is a general mathematical framework for models of consciousness that can be employed in the theory-building process.https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/6/609models of consciousnesstheories of consciousnessexperience spacephenomenal spacemathematical consciousness sciencemathematical phenomenology |
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