Natural evolution and human consciousness.
Jan Holmgren
Mens Sana Monographs 2014 DOI: 10.4103/0973-1229.130322 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Consciousness Creativity Continuous Distributions Discrete Feels |
| Key points | Argues that conscious experience is the basis of all knowledge, that human experience is discrete and resolution-limited while the world is continuous, and proposes replacing traditional universals with "feels" and distributions. The author offers Triple Aspect Monism (TAM) to represent conscious system dynamics and suggests Multi Aspect Monism (MAM) as an all-inclusive view capturing the creative power of human consciousness. |
Abstract
A visual conscious experience is my empirical basis. All that we know comes to us through conscious experiences. Thanks to natural evolution, we have nearly direct perception, and can largely trust the information we attain. There is full integration, with no gaps, of organisms in the continuous world. Human conscious experiences, on the other hand, are discrete. Consciousness has certain limits for its resolution. This is illustrated by the so-called light-cone, with consequences for foundations in physics. Traditional universals are replaced by feels and distributions. Conscious experiences can be ordered within a framework of conceptual spaces. Triple Aspect Monism (TAM) can represent the dynamics of conscious systems. However, to fully represent the creative power of human consciousness, an all-inclusive view is suggested: Multi Aspect Monism (MAM).