Consciousness as a physical process caused by the organization of energy\n in the brain

Abstract

To explain consciousness as a physical process we must acknowledge the role\nof energy in the brain. Energetic activity is fundamental to all physical\nprocesses and causally drives biological behaviour. Recent neuroscientific\nevidence can be interpreted in a way that suggests consciousness is a product\nof the organization of energetic activity in the brain. The nature of energy\nitself, though, remains largely mysterious, and we do not fully understand how\nit contributes to brain function or consciousness. According to the principle\noutlined here, energy, along with forces and work, can be described as\nactualized differences of motion and tension. By observing physical systems, we\ncan infer there is something it is like to undergo actualized difference from\nthe intrinsic perspective of the system. Consciousness occurs because there is\nsomething it is like, intrinsically, to undergo a certain organization of\nactualized differences in the brain.\n