A landscape of consciousness: Toward a taxonomy of explanations and implications

Diverse explanations or theories of consciousness are arrayed on a roughly physicalist-to-nonphysicalist landscape of essences and mechanisms. Categories: Materialism Theories (philosophical, neurobiological, electromagnetic field, computational and informational, homeostatic and affective, embodied...

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Published inProgress in biophysics and molecular biology Vol. 190; pp. 28 - 169
Main Author Kuhn, Robert Lawrence
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2024
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Classification
Consciousness
Consciousness - physiology
Dualism
Humans
Idealism
Materialism
Mind-body problem
Monism
Mind-body problem
Monism
Consciousness
Idealism
Materialism
Dualism
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Summary:Diverse explanations or theories of consciousness are arrayed on a roughly physicalist-to-nonphysicalist landscape of essences and mechanisms. Categories: Materialism Theories (philosophical, neurobiological, electromagnetic field, computational and informational, homeostatic and affective, embodied and enactive, relational, representational, language, phylogenetic evolution); Non-Reductive Physicalism; Quantum Theories; Integrated Information Theory; Panpsychisms; Monisms; Dualisms; Idealisms; Anomalous and Altered States Theories; Challenge Theories. There are many subcategories, especially for Materialism Theories. Each explanation is self-described by its adherents, critique is minimal and only for clarification, and there is no attempt to adjudicate among theories. The implications of consciousness explanations or theories are assessed with respect to four questions: meaning/purpose/value (if any); AI consciousness; virtual immortality; and survival beyond death. A Landscape of Consciousness, I suggest, offers perspective.
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ISSN:0079-6107
1873-1732
1873-1732
DOI:10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2023.12.003