Extended Integrated Information Theory (EIIT)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) December 30, 2025 Rémi Leroy, Claude Alpha Leroy
The Hard Problem of consciousness has resisted solution for three decades, with theories either denying phenomenal experience (illusionism), embracing unfalsifiable speculation (panpsychism, quantum consciousness), or declaring the problem insoluble (mysterialism). We propose Extended Integrated Information Theory (EIIT), which dissolves rather than solves the Hard Problem by revealing it as...