Can ‘Theory of Everything’ Be Global Theory of Consciousness? Ontology and Psychodynamics of I-observer.
NeuroQuantology May 6, 2017 DOI: 10.14704/nq.2017.15.2.1037 (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 | 4 |
| Key points | Argues that the naturalistic postulate of a world existing independently of observers is not quite correct, and proposes a 'global theory of consciousness' in which consciousness is modeled as a stream I(t) of instant 'I-World' states, analogous to causal set modeling in quantum cosmology, with the cogito emerging as an unclosed loop tied to 'I-ontology' and extendable to a 'perpetum cogito' mechanism entangling past, present, and future. |
Abstract
The ‘theory of everything’ (TOE) is conceived to embrace all natural sciences Today the TOE is discussed mostly in physics. From Copenhagen interpretation to date, another discussion is widely unfolded on the role of consciousness in quantum experience and physical descriptions in general. The paper combines both the discussions and argues for a global theory of consciousness (GTC). It will be proven that the naturalistic postulate on the world’s independent existence is not quite correct but requires independence of any privileged anthropic I-observer with regard to relational observer-dependent scenario. The stream I(t) of consciousness is introduced by analogy with causal set modeling in quantum cosmology as a Markov chain (or a Turing machine) taken to be a set of the instant I-World states. In dynamics, the cogito emerges to be an unclosed loop on I(t) related directly to Iˆ-ontology. Further, it can be naturally extended to the perpetum cogito mechanism that entangles the triple ‘past-present-future’. In fact, it is a noncommutative algebra for physics on a boundary. I-observer moves in superposition through every current present and in ‘back-position’ towards the arrow of time.