The Phenomenal Hyperspace: A Study of the Dimensional and Spatio-temporal Structures of Phenomenal Space and Binding
Journal of Consciousness Studies March 31, 2023 Pekka Rechardt 1 citation
The paper argues that understanding how distributed brain events bind together into unified conscious experience requires examining the dimensional structure of phenomenal space. It proposes that phenomenal space and consciousness appear beyond empirical observation because they involve a fourth spatial dimension. A transcendence principle of detection (TPD) is introduced: transcendent degrees of freedom in an n+1 dimension are necessary for experiencing an n-dimensionally extended physical structure as an n-dimensionally extended phenomenal structure. The three-dimensional phenomenal structure of human experience is postulated to be the first-person outcome of three-dimensional neurophysical structures monitored at a fourth spatial dimension.