Kenneth Williford

2 papers in the library · 85 citations · publishing 2018-2023

Papers

The Projective Consciousness Model and Phenomenal Selfhood.

Frontiers in psychology January 1, 2018 Kenneth Williford, Daniel Bennequin, Karl Friston et al. 85 citations

The Projective Consciousness Model (PCM) combines a projective geometric model of the perspectival structure of conscious experience with a variational free-energy minimization model of active inference, explaining how consciousness serves a cybernetic function: modulating cognitive and affective dynamics to control embodied agents. Projective transformations link geometry and inference, integrating perception, emotion, memory, reasoning, and perspectival imagination to optimize behavior, resilience, and preference satisfaction. The PCM makes empirical predictions, fits a neurocomputational framework, and accounts for pre-reflective self-consciousness, the first-person perspective, the sense of ownership, and social self-consciousness. The authors argue it offers the most complete theory to date of phenomenal selfhood.

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02571 Full text Free energy principle Active inference Consciousness Cybernetics +4

The Projective Consciousness Model: Projective Geometry at the Core of Consciousness and the Integration of Perception, Imagination, Motivation, Emotion, Social Cognition and Action.

Brain Sci October 9, 2023 David Rudrauf, Grégoire Sergeant-Perthuis, Yvain Tisserand et al.

The Projective Consciousness Model proposes that projective geometry forms the core structure of conscious experience, integrating perception, imagination, motivation, emotion, social cognition, and action. The model argues that consciousness is not merely a byproduct of neural activity but is fundamentally organized by projective geometric principles, which allow the mind to construct a unified, egocentric spatial framework. This framework underpins how we perceive the world, imagine scenarios, feel emotions, and act. The theory suggests that these geometric structures enable the seamless integration of diverse mental functions, offering a unified account of consciousness that bridges phenomenology and neuroscience.

DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13101435 Full text