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Does integrated information lack subjectivity?
Author(s) -
Janko Nešić
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-081X
pISSN - 0351-2274
DOI - 10.2298/theo1802131n
Subject(s) - integrated information theory , subjectivity , consciousness , epistemology , character (mathematics) , metaphysics , electromagnetic theories of consciousness , philosophy , cognitive science , psychology , computer science , sociology , mathematics , geometry
I investigate the status of subjectivity in Integrated Information Theory. This leads me to examine if Integrated Information Theory can answer the hard problem of consciousness. On itself, Integrated Information Theory does not seem to constitute an answer to the hard problem, but could be combined with panpsychism to yield a more satisfying theory of consciousness. I will show, that even if Integrated Information Theory employs the metaphysical machinery of panpsychism, Integrated Information would still suffer from a different problem, not being able to account for the subjective character of consciousness.