Consciousness as Integrated Information: a Provisional Manifesto
Biological Bulletin December 1, 2008 Giulio Tononi 1,522 citations
The integrated information theory (IIT) starts from phenomenology and makes use of thought experiments to claim that consciousness is integrated information. Specifically: (i) the quantity of consciousness corresponds to the amount of integrated information generated by a complex of elements; (ii) the quality of experience is specified by the set of informational relationships generated within...