Protoconsciousness, Qualia Dimensions and Neural Circuitry for Color Vision

The article argues that known dimensions of consciousness, such as integration, do not explain why specific causal structures produce particular qualia like green or red. It proposes a mathematical framework for qualia and briefly discusses Russellian monism, panpsychism, pan-proto-psychism, and neutral monism. The author contends that these dimensions do not account for how immaterial consciousness arises without invoking proto-consciousness. As an example, the neural circuitry for color vision is mapped, and the author suggests similar mapping is needed for other phenomena.

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Abstract

The various dimensions necessary for creating qualia like integration are known but why does specific causal structure feel like green or red? This article attempts to explain it and create mathematical framework for qualia. Russellian monism, Panpsychism, Pan-proto-psychism and Neutral monism are discussed briefly. A priori, the various dimensions responsible for generating rich human-like consciousness do not explain how something immaterial like consciousness is created without bringing in proto-consciousness. As an example, neural circuitry for color vision is mapped. Similar mapping needs to be done for phenomena listed in that section.