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Area of Science:

  • * Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind
  • * Theoretical Frameworks for Consciousness

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  • * Integrated Information Theory (IIT) offers a principled approach to characterizing consciousness.
  • * IIT links fundamental properties of experience to the physical basis of consciousness.
  • * The theory emphasizes the role of 'information' in conscious systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • * To conceptually analyze the notion of information within Integrated Information Theory (IIT).
  • * To argue for understanding information in IIT through a causal-manipulabilist lens.
  • * To connect information to causal links and interventionist procedures.

Main Methods:

  • * Conceptual analysis of information within the framework of IIT.
  • * Application of causal-manipulabilist theories of information (López and Lombardi 2018).
  • * Utilizing interventionist procedures from Woodward and Pearl's work on causation.

Main Results:

  • * Information in IIT should be interpreted as an entity requiring causal involvement for precise definition.
  • * Causal links are essential for defining information within the context of consciousness.
  • * Interventionist procedures illuminate these crucial causal relationships.

Conclusions:

  • * A causal-manipulabilist view provides a robust framework for understanding information in IIT.
  • * This perspective clarifies how physical systems can support consciousness by specifying intrinsic information.
  • * The analysis deepens the theoretical foundation of IIT for studying consciousness.