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Axiomatizing consciousness, with applications

Henk Barendregt, Antonino Raffone

arXiv Preprint Archive January 23, 2022 preprint

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Key points Proposes that consciousness can be modeled as a computable stream of configurations, and that combining concentration and mindfulness can reduce suffering.

Abstract

Consciousness will be introduced axiomatically, inspired by Buddhist insight meditation and psychology, logic in computer science, and cognitive neuroscience, as consisting of a stream of $configurations$ that is $compound$, $discrete$, and (non-deterministically) $computable$. Within this context the notions of self, concentration, mindfulness, and various forms of suffering can be defined. As an application of this set up, it will be shown how a combined development of concentration and mindfulness can attenuate and eventually eradicate some of the forms of suffering.

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