"The Hard Problem of Consciousness". Theoretical solution of its main questions.
AIMS neuroscience January 1, 2019 David I Dubrovsky
The hard problem of consciousness—explaining how subjective experience arises from brain processes—is addressed from an information-theoretic perspective. The relationship between subjective reality and brain activity is characterized as an information-carrier relationship, where mental causation is a form of information causality distinct from physical causation because information is invariant to its physical carrier. Analytical parameters for modeling the neurodynamic code of subjective phenomena are identified. A hypothesis is proposed that the quality of subjective reality emerged during biological evolution. Methodological issues for deciphering the brain's neurodynamic code and future directions in consciousness neuroscience are discussed.