Ontogenetic emergence as a criterion for theories of consciousness: Comparing GNW, SOMA, and REFCON
(2023) In Philosophy and the Mind Sciences 4.- Abstract
- In recent years increasing attention has been given to systematic comparison of theories ofconsciousness. Laudable practical projects have emerged in this regard, such as adversarialcollaboration and the development of databases lending themselves to comparisons of empiricalsupport for theories. In addition to the practical advances, theoretical advances have been made,such as a list of issues a theory of consciousness must address. We propose adding the issueof the ontogenetic emergence (O-emergence) of consciousness to the list of issues we use toevaluate theories of consciousness. O-emergence concerns how and when consciousness emergesontogenetically in human beings. The underlying assumption is that there exists a point in... (More)
- In recent years increasing attention has been given to systematic comparison of theories ofconsciousness. Laudable practical projects have emerged in this regard, such as adversarialcollaboration and the development of databases lending themselves to comparisons of empiricalsupport for theories. In addition to the practical advances, theoretical advances have been made,such as a list of issues a theory of consciousness must address. We propose adding the issueof the ontogenetic emergence (O-emergence) of consciousness to the list of issues we use toevaluate theories of consciousness. O-emergence concerns how and when consciousness emergesontogenetically in human beings. The underlying assumption is that there exists a point in thedevelopment of a human individual before which that individual is not and cannot be conscious.This assumption, in turn, depends on a widely shared assumption of cognitive neuroscience,which is that consciousness somehow depends on — or derives from — brain activity. In this paper,we lay out the O-emergence criterion and investigate whether it can be accounted for within theGlobal Neuronal Workspace theory, the Self-Organizing Meta-representational Account, and theReorganization of Elementary Functions framework. (Less)
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