There is no reason consciousness is restricted to only one of these three. For that matter, self-reference in the Turing machine sense involves information. Function is just another way of thinking of an algorithm.
LC On Friday, June 18, 2021 at 1:46:39 PM UTC-5 Jason wrote: > In your opinion who has offered the best theory of consciousness to date, > or who do you agree with most? Would you say you agree with them > wholeheartedly or do you find points if disagreement? > > I am seeing several related thoughts commonly expressed, but not sure > which one or which combination is right. For example: > > Hofstadter/Marchal: self-reference is key > Tononi/Tegmark: information is key > Dennett/Chalmers: function is key > > To me all seem potentially valid, and perhaps all three are needed in some > combination. I'm curious to hear what other viewpoints exist or if there > are other candidates for the "secret sauce" behind consciousness I might > have missed. > > Jason > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/94f8e4a8-9941-4743-b057-58aac05d66c9n%40googlegroups.com.
