Çağdaş zihin felsefesinde tartışılan pek çok sorunla ilişkili olan qualia, yaygın anlamıyla bilincin öznel niteliklerine referansla kullanılır. Öznellik ve niteliksellik qualia nosyonunun merkezi iki niteliğidir. Bu anlamda bir quale’nin üçüncü şahıs perspektifiyle deneyimlenmesi mümkün görünmemektedir. Ayrıca qualia kimi çağdaş filozoflara göre bilinç durumlarına ait ifade edilemez...
The present paper was written as a contribution to ongoing methodological debates within the NCC project. We focus on the neural correlates of conscious perceptual episodes. Our claim is that the NCC notion, as applied to conscious perceptual episodes, needs to be reconceptualized. It mixes together the processing related to the perceived contents and the neural substrate of consciousness...
The search for the neural correlates of consciousness is in need of a systematic, principled foundation that can endow putative neural correlates with greater predictive and explanatory value. Here, we propose the predictive processing framework for brain function as a promising candidate for providing this systematic foundation. The proposal is motivated by that framework’s ability to address...
The book of Ken Wilber, a philosopher, psychologist and the founder of integral theory, is devoted to the role of spirituality, faith and religion nowadays and in the future. The author systematically applies the holist integral theory to many aspects of spirituality, considering modern methodologies and philosophical and religious traditions. He analyzes various practical approaches to the...
The article substantiates the need for the develop of a new ontology,which includes the common foundations of physical science and the science of life and consciousness. A hypothesis is put forward about the quantum-informational nature of matter, life, and consciousness. The basic concepts and principles of substance-information ontology are formulated.
Models of consciousness should account for the phenomenology of subjective experience, including perceptual illusions. The Moon Illusion is a paradigmatic example that has yet to be accounted for. The Moon often appears larger near the perceptual horizon and smaller high in the sky, though the visual angle subtended is invariant. We show how this illusion can result from the optimization of a...
The cognitive functions of human and non-human primates rely on the dynamic interplay of distributed neural assemblies. As such, it seems unlikely that cognition can be supported by macroscopic brain dynamics at the proximity of thermodynamic equilibrium. We confirmed this hypothesis by investigating electrocorticography data from non human primates undergoing different states of...
Oxidative stress, mental and mood disorders, premature ageing, cognitive impairments, learning disabilities are just some of the emerging threats of the 21st century. The next generation of educators, students, business leaders, employees, therapists, and parents are required to adapt in the era of rapid change and climate change developing new skills as well as adopting daily sustainable...
The Cartesian model of mind-body dualism concurs with religious traditions. However, science has supplanted this idea with an energy-matter theory of consciousness, where matter is equivalent to the body and energy replaces the mind or soul. This equivalency is analogous to the concept of the interchange of mass and energy as expressed by Einstein's famous equation [Formula: see text]. Immanuel...
(1) Let me begin by thanking Doerig et al. for including my work in their survey of empirical theories of consciousness (although I am a bit spooked by being assigned the number 13!), especially given the authors’ concern for the large number of currently competing theories. I also appreciate their idea that the reason for this abundance may be a lack of stringent selection criteria although I...