Ten Testable Properties of Consciousness.
Front Psychol June 24, 2020 Christopher W. Tyler 14 citations
A philosophical account of consciousness is developed using the concept of emergence, where each level of physical energy flow has its own operative principles that are functionally separate from lower levels, even though physical laws remain continuous. The focus is on conscious mental processing emerging from neural activity governed by biochemical principles of brain organization. A process model of consciousness is built to explain many experienced aspects of consciousness, which are rigorously defined and linked to empirical tests for identifying their neural substrates. The article concludes by discussing the evolutionary function of consciousness and critiquing Integrated Information Theory.