Rey Philip

Environmental Memory as a Physical Constraint on Theories of Consciousness

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) March 15, 2026 Rey Philip

Environmental Memory as a Physical Constraint on Theories of Consciousness For years I treated Integrated Information Theory (IIT) as the most promising route toward a principled account of consciousness - and traces of that commitment are visible in my earlier texts. IIT offered a rigorous ambition: to connect phenomenology to formal structure. However, as the conceptual pair Two Pillars...