Integrated Information Theory is a theoretical framework proposing that consciousness is a fundamental property of systems capable of integrating information. To bridge the gap between the theoretical concept and the practical use in actual neurobiological systems, we have applied the Integrated Information Theory approach to a simulated network of integrate and fire neurons (IAF). The primary...
When looking at contemporary phenomenology, the first impression one gets is that it is a very diverse philosophical movement.Phenomenologists not only develop their own research but, even more often, they also participate in interdisciplinary enterprises.Contemporary phenomenology now looks surprisingly vital, but in the 1960s and 1970s it appeared to be a decadent philosophy pervaded by the...
Abstract In the article, I develop some ideas introduced by Edmund Husserl concerning time-consciousness and embodiment. However, I do not discuss the Husserlian account of consciousness of time in its full scope. I focus on the main ideas of the phenomenology of time and the problem of bodily sensations and their role in the constitution of consciousness of time. I argue that...