On consciousness: what is the role of emergence?
A Atkin
Medical Hypotheses August 1992 DOI: 10.1016/0306-9877(92)90023-6 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Proposes that consciousness can be understood as the ongoing active creation of information, or meaning, and argues that "emergence" plays an essentially different role in this hypothesis than in theories previously proposed. |
Abstract
Can consciousness be understood as the ongoing active creation of information (of meaning)? 'Emergence', the central concept in this hypothesis, plays an essentially different role in it than in theories previously proposed.