Lecture 4: Theory-Based Approaches

This lecture examines theory-based attempts to address the problem of other minds.

Obligatory Reading: Bayne, T. 2018. On the axiomatic foundations of the integration information theory of consciousness. Neuroscience of Consciousness, niy007.
Additional Reading:
(a) Dehaene, S., Lau, H. & Kouider, S. 2017. What is consciousness, and could machines have it? Science, 358: 486-92.
(b) Carruthers, P. 2018. The problem of animal consciousness. Proceedings and Addresses of the APA, Volume 92.
(c) Seth, A. & Bayne, T. 2022. Theories of consciousness. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 23/7: 439-52.

The course is organized by the Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies / https://hardproblem.ru/ and Philosophy Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University / http://philos.msu.ru/

Lecturer: Prof. Timothy Bayne (Professor of Philosophy, Monash University (Melbourne)) / https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/timothy-bayne

Music: D-pulse, album “Dancing Qualia” / https://music.apple.com/ru/album/dancing-qualia/1478739578?l=en

Timeline:

0:07 - Recap of the previous lectures
01:56 - The circularity challenge
05:45 - The axiomatic approach of building the theory of consciousness
09:28 - Objection to IIT by Scott Aaronson
14:44 - Problems with the axiomatic approach
16:56 - 5 examples of phenomenological axioms
20:54 - The axiom of integration and its interpretations
35:41 - The correlation approach of building the theory of consciousness
44:02 - Ways of thinking about global workspace theory in connection with the correlational approach
53:00 - Arguments against “Carruther’s conditional” claim
55:56 - Recap of the main points of the lecture

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