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Predictive processing as an empirical theory for consciousness science
Anil K Seth1,2, Jakob Hohwy3
1Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science and School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex, BN1 9QJ, UK.
Abstract:
The theories of consciousness discussed by Doerig and colleagues tend to monolithically identify consciousness with some other phenomenon, process, or mechanism. But by treating consciousness as singular explanatory target, such theories will struggle to account for the diverse properties that conscious experiences exhibit. We propose that progress in consciousness science will best be achieved by elaborating systematic mappings between physical and biological mechanisms, and the functional and (crucially) phenomenological properties of consciousness. This means we need theories for consciousness science, perhaps more so than theories of consciousness. From this perspective, 'predictive processing' emerges as a highly promising candidate.
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