Information: From Philosophic to Physics Concepts for Informational Modeling of Consciousness
Philosophy Study August 28, 2018 DOI: 10.17265/2159-5313/2018.08.004 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 17 |
| Key points | Argues that information and matter interact intimately, making the human body a "bipolar informed-matter structure," and proposes that consciousness can be modeled as an informational system comprising seven informational subsystems reflected as corresponding cognitive centers. The author contends this model explains cognitive and extra-cognitive mental properties, including near-death experiences, and relates it to existing empirical models of the organism's energetic architecture. |
Abstract
Information was a frequently used concept in many fields of investigation.However, this concept is still not really understood, when it is referred for instance to consciousness and its informational structure.In this paper it is followed the concept of information from philosophical to physics perspective, showing especially how this concept could be extended to matter in general and to the living in particular, as a result of the intimate interaction between matter and information, the human body appearing as a bipolar informed-matter structure.It is detailed on this way how this concept could be referred to consciousness, and an informational modeling of consciousness as an informational system of the human body is presented.Based on the anatomic architecture of the organism and on the inference of the specific information concepts, it is shown that the informational system of the human body could be described by seven informational subsystems, which are reflected in consciousness as corresponding cognitive centers.These results are able to explain the main properties of consciousness, both the cognitive and extra-cognitive properties of the mind, like that observed during the near-death experiences and other similar phenomena.Moreover, the results of such a modeling are compared with the existing empirical concepts and models on the energetic architecture of the organism, showing their relevance for the understanding of consciousness.