Consciousness, Reduction, and Emergence
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences April 1, 2001 Murray Gell‐mann
Abstract: Consciousness is often seen as requiring a special kind of explanation. But the various aspects of self‐awareness can presumably emerge when certain levels of complexity are reached in an organism: it is not necessary to assume additional mechanisms or hidden causes. Looking at the most fundamental level, that of elementary particle physics, three principles appear—the conformability...