Intrinsic Contextuality as the Crux of Consciousness
arXiv Preprint Archive October 29, 2013 Diederik Aerts, Jan Broekaert, Liane Gabora
A stream of conscious experience is extremely contextual; it is impacted by sensory stimuli, drives and emotions, and the web of associations that link, directly or indirectly, the subject of experience to other elements of the individual's worldview. The contextuality of one's conscious experience both enhances and constrains the contextuality of one's behavior. Since we cannot know first-hand...