Being You: A New Science of Consciousness

Functionalism is the idea that consciousness does not depend on what a system is made of (its physical constitution), but only on what the system does,

a mathematical recipe for going from what we already know (the prior) to what we should believe next (the posterior), based on what we are learning now (the likelihood).

and every perception is the way it is in order to help guide action.

making sure that its physiological essential variables remain within the tight ranges compatible with its continued survival.

According to the FEP, for a living system to resist the pull of the second law, it must occupy states which it expects to be in.

the properties of life are objectively describable, whereas the explanatory targets of consciousness science are subjective—they

entropy as a measure of disorder, diversity, or uncertainty.

According to IIT, consciousness simply is integrated information.

phenomenology: the subjective properties of conscious experience,