A relational approach to consciousness: categories of level and contents of consciousness
| Autor: | Naotsugu Tsuchiya, Hayato Saigo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Electromagnetic theories of consciousness
Computer science media_common.quotation_subject AcademicSubjects/SCI01880 Structure (category theory) Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Qualia Review Article consciousness natural transformation contents of consciousness Level of consciousness functor Category theory media_common AcademicSubjects/SCI02139 Cognitive science Functor AcademicSubjects/SCI01870 AcademicSubjects/SCI02120 level of consciousness Yoneda lemma yoneda lemma Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology category theory Neurology AcademicSubjects/SCI01950 qualia Neurology (clinical) Consciousness |
| Zdroj: | Neuroscience of Consciousness |
| ISSN: | 2057-2107 |
| Popis: | Characterizing consciousness in and of itself is notoriously difficult. Here, we propose an alternative approach to characterize, and eventually define, consciousness through exhaustive descriptions of consciousness’ relationships to all other consciousness. This approach is founded in category theory. Indeed, category theory can prove that two objects A and B in a category can be equivalent if and only if all the relationships that A holds with others in the category are the same as those of B; this proof is called the Yoneda lemma. To introduce the Yoneda lemma, we gradually introduce key concepts of category theory to consciousness researchers. Along the way, we propose several possible definitions of categories of consciousness, both in terms of level and contents, through the usage of simple examples. We propose to use the categorical structure of consciousness as a gold standard to formalize empirical research (e.g. color qualia structure at fovea and periphery) and, especially, the empirical testing of theories of consciousness. |
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