Vaitheeswaran Ranganathan

Temporal Depth and Intrinsic Dominance: A Dynamical Completion of Integrated World Modeling Theory

PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) March 3, 2026 Vaitheeswaran Ranganathan

Temporal Depth and Intrinsic Dominance: A Dynamical Completion of Integrated World Modeling Theory Abstract Integrated World Modeling Theory (IWMT) proposes that consciousness arises from integrated generative architectures capable of constructing spatially, temporally, and causally coherent world models. While IWMT specifies the representational structure required for conscious modeling, it...