Informational non-reductionist theory of consciousness that providing maximum accuracy of reality prediction
arXiv Preprint Archive December 10, 2023 E. E. Vityaev
The paper develops a non-reductionist information theory of consciousness based on D.I. Dubrovsky's informational approach to the mind-brain problem. It treats reality through the lens of information about observed phenomena, where subjective experiences are themselves information about brain processes. The central principle is that the brain discovers all possible causal relations in the external world and makes all possible inferences from them. The resulting theory is shown to rest on information laws of the external world's structure, explain brain functional systems and cellular ensembles, maximize prediction accuracy and anticipation of reality, resolve contradictions, and serve as an information theory of the brain's reflection of reality.