The Missing Subject Problem: A Structural Diagnosis of the Missing Conditions in IIT, GWT, Predictive Processing, Higher-Order Theories, and Functionalism
PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) May 17, 2026 Marc Maibom
The contemporary consciousness debate contains sophisticated theories of integration, global availability, prediction, higher-order representation, recursive self-modeling, and functional organization. Yet no convergence has emerged. Integrated Information Theory, Global Workspace Theory, Predictive Processing, Higher-Order Theories, self-model theories, and functionalist approaches continue to...