Ambitious theories of consciousness are not "scientific misinformation"
Erik Hoeltheintrinsicperspective.com
Ambitious theories of consciousness are not "scientific misinformation"
Unless such recourse to science, as the sole arbiter of collective truth, is thoroughly misplaced when we come to matters of mind or consciousness. For consciousness is a quintessentially quicksilver phenomenon, impossible to isolate and pin down.
David Abram • Becoming Animal
Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It
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They overlook the possibility that the transcendent truth may only be able to express itself through the illusions it generates.
Bernardo Kastrup • More Than Allegory
An experiment seven years in the making has uncovered new insights into the nature of consciousness and challenges two prominent, competing scientific theories: Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT).
- IIT suggests that consciousness emerges when information inside a system (like the brain) is highly connected
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Some prominent theories in the science of consciousness continue to emphasize function and behavior over phenomenology. Foremost among these is the “global workspace” theory,
Anil Seth • Being You: A New Science of Consciousness
We see that these kinds of “unified theories” do not illuminate the processes underlying emergent phenomena but instead ignore them as if they were not real—what scientists and philosophers call illusions, or epiphenomena—secondary effects or byproducts that have no causal effects on anything.