In search of lost time: Integrated information theory needs constraints from temporal phenomenology
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences June 3, 2022 Ishan Singhal, Ramya Mudumba, Narayanan Srinivasan
Integrated information theory (IIT) of consciousness proposes an identity between its causal structure and phenomenology. Through this assertion, IIT aims to explain consciousness by prioritizing first-person experience. However, despite its phenomenology-first stance, developments in IIT have overlooked temporality. As such, we argue that at present IIT’s phenomenological analysis is...