Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)
April 1, 2026
Kelvin J. McQueen, Ian T. Durham, Markus P Müller
Could there be quantum superpositions of conscious states, as suggested by the Wigner's friend thought experiment? Mathematical theories of consciousness, notably integrated information theory (IIT), make this question more precise by associating physical systems with both quantitative amounts of consciousness and structural characterizations of conscious states. Motivated by a recent proposal...
arXiv Preprint Archive
September 25, 2023
Kelvin J. McQueen, Ian T. Durham, Markus P. Mueller
Could there be quantum superpositions of conscious states, as suggested by the Wigner's friend thought experiment? Mathematical theories of consciousness, notably Integrated Information Theory (IIT), make this question more precise by associating physical systems with both quantitative amounts of consciousness and structural characterizations of conscious states. Motivated by a recent proposal...
arXiv Preprint Archive
September 25, 2023
Kelvin J. McQueen, Ian T. Durham, Markus P. Mueller
Could there be a quantum superposition of consciousness, as in the Wigner's friend thought experiment? The integrated information theory (IIT) of consciousness has turned this into a well-defined question. According to IIT, consciousness is a measurable physical quantity given by integrated information ($\Phi$), such that the amount of consciousness in a system corresponds to its amount of...
Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)
March 3, 2023
Larissa Albantakis, Robert Prentner, Ian T. Durham
Originally conceived as a theory of consciousness, integrated information theory (IIT) provides a theoretical framework intended to characterize the compositional causal information that a system, in its current state, specifies about itself. However, it remains to be determined whether IIT as a theory of consciousness is compatible with quantum mechanics as a theory of microphysics. Here, we...
arXiv Preprint Archive
January 4, 2023
Larissa Albantakis, Robert Prentner, Ian T. Durham
Originally conceived as a theory of consciousness, integrated information theory (IIT) provides a theoretical framework intended to characterize the compositional causal information that a system, in its current state, specifies about itself. However, it remains to be determined whether IIT as a theory of consciousness is compatible with quantum mechanics as a theory of microphysics. Here, we...