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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind
  • Theoretical Physics
  • Consciousness Studies

Background:

  • Current theories of consciousness, such as reductive monism and substance dualism, face significant challenges.
  • A novel framework is required to address the mind-body problem and the nature of subjective experience.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a new hypothesis for consciousness, termed the proto-experience/subjective experience (PE-SE) framework.
  • To propose that fundamental particles possess proto-experiences (PEs) as a phenomenal aspect alongside material properties.
  • To explain the emergence of subjective experiences (SEs) in neural networks through co-evolution and neural Darwinism.

Main Methods:

  • Hypothesizing that elementary particles (strings, fermions, bosons) have dual aspects: material (mass, charge, spin) and phenomenal (elemental proto-experiences).
  • Proposing that elemental PEs are superimposed properties of particles and interactions, making matter a carrier of PEs.
  • Postulating a co-evolution of matter and PEs into neural networks and neural-net PEs, with SEs emerging via non-algorithmic processes and neural Darwinism.

Main Results:

  • Elementary particles, as carriers of superimposed PEs, appear as non-experiential material entities.
  • Neural networks and their associated PEs (neural Darwinism) develop from matter and elemental PEs.
  • Specificity of SEs arises from complex neural interactions dependent on factors like attention, working memory, and signal re-entry.

Conclusions:

  • The PE-SE framework offers an alternative to existing consciousness theories, integrating reductive and non-reductive perspectives.
  • This model complements current theories by bridging explanatory gaps in the causation of consciousness.
  • The hypothesis suggests a unified view of matter and experience originating from fundamental particle properties.