The Moral Significance of the Phenomenology of Phenomenal Consciousness in Case of Artificial Agents
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DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2023.2188284
Abstract: or sufficiently requires consciousness. There are sound epistemological problems that undermine the alleged strength of the judgment of necessity. On the other hand, this commentary has also sought to shed light on the limitations of… read more here.
Keywords: significance phenomenology; moral significance; phenomenal consciousness; phenomenology phenomenal ... See more keywords
Folk psychological attributions of consciousness to large language models
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DOI: 10.1093/nc/niae013
Abstract: Abstract Technological advances raise new puzzles and challenges for cognitive science and the study of how humans think about and interact with artificial intelligence (AI). For example, the advent of large language models and their… read more here.
Keywords: large language; consciousness large; phenomenal consciousness; language ... See more keywords
Phenomenal interface theory: a model for basal consciousness
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2024.0301
Abstract: An increasing number of authors are willing to attribute phenomenal consciousness to relatively simple organisms like insects. Yet it is not at all clear what functional role the substrates of consciousness would play. Here, we… read more here.
Keywords: phenomenal consciousness; consciousness; phenomenal interface; interface theory ... See more keywords
Phenomenal consciousness: its scope and limits
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2024.0306
Abstract: In the history of life, consciousness of sensory states with ‘phenomenal properties’—the basis of ‘sentience’—is, arguably, a late evolutionary development, which occurred long after conscious access to a ‘global mental workspace’ had become widely established… read more here.
Keywords: scope limits; history; article; phenomenal consciousness ... See more keywords
Three types of phenomenal consciousness and their functional roles: unfolding the ALARM theory of consciousness
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2024.0314
Abstract: The evolution of consciousness is a neglected topic that plays a surprisingly insignificant role in all major theories of consciousness. Furthermore, substantial disagreements can be observed in the dominant views on the neural correlates of… read more here.
Keywords: consciousness functional; alarm; phenomenal consciousness; types phenomenal ... See more keywords
Qualia and Phenomenal Consciousness Arise From the Information Structure of an Electromagnetic Field in the Brain
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DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.874241
Abstract: In this paper we address the following problems and provide realistic answers to them: (1) What could be the physical substrate for subjective, phenomenal, consciousness (P-consciousness)? Our answer: the electromagnetic (EM) field generated by the… read more here.
Keywords: information; brain; phenomenal consciousness; electromagnetic field ... See more keywords
How to Mitigate the Hard Problem by Adopting the Dual Theory of Phenomenal Consciousness
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02837
Abstract: In this paper, we propose the following hypothesis: the hard problem of consciousness is in part an artifact of what we call the unitary approach to phenomenal consciousness. The defining mark of the unitary approach… read more here.
Keywords: consciousness; phenomenal consciousness; problem adopting; hard problem ... See more keywords
Neural Computations Underlying Phenomenal Consciousness: A Higher Order Syntactic Thought Theory
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00655
Abstract: Problems are raised with the global workspace hypothesis of consciousness, for example about exactly how global the workspace needs to be for consciousness to suddenly be present. Problems are also raised with Carruthers’s (2019) version… read more here.
Keywords: consciousness; higher order; phenomenal consciousness; order syntactic ... See more keywords
Tonic immobility and phenomenal consciousness in animals: a review
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1509999
Abstract: Tonic immobility (TI) is an innate, last-resort response to the presence of a predator, commonly referred to as feigning death or thanatosis. However, it is critical to distinguish death feigning from TI; the former encompasses… read more here.
Keywords: presence; tonic immobility; phenomenal consciousness; consciousness ... See more keywords