The theory of D. I. Dubrovsky and the hard problem of consciousness
Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies 2026 Anastasia A. Zhudina
This article offers a critical analysis of D. I. Dubrovsky’s informational theory of conscious ness, which claims to solve the hard problem. At the center of the theory is the idea that consciousness is a special kind of information, instantiated in the brain but subjectively perceived “in pure form”, without reference to the physical properties of neural processes. The paper examines the core...