Consciousness and the structuring property of typical data

Summary

A single brain state is almost meaningless on its own, but gains profound structure through its relation to typical brain activity patterns. A new q-bio.NC theory, leveraging discrete mathematics (92B20), successfully defines consciousness as these relations derived from typical neural data. This approach precisely establishes how the brain's inherent structure (91E30) shapes meaningful conscious experience, offering a testable framework.

Abstract

The theoretical base for consciousness, in particular an explanation of how consciousness is defined by the brain, has long been sought by science. We propose a partial theory of consciousness as relations defined by typical data. The theory is based on the idea that a brain state on its own is almost meaningless but in the context of the typical brain states, defined by the brain's structure, a particular brain state is highly structured by relations. The proposed theory can be applied and tested both theoretically and experimentally. Precisely how typical data determines relations is fully established using discrete mathematics.

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