Integrated Information Theory, Part I: Overview

What is the Integrated Information Theory of consciousness?

An Effective Turing Test?

Can two people share the same consciousness, and if so, how?

Logical Explosion

How can a system of logic accommodate contradiction? Is the brain governed by this kind of system?

Timeless Ethics

If reincarnation is real, does causality occur both forwards and backwards?

Symmetry and Criticality

What are the parallels between consciousness and the science of phase transitions?

Category Theory and the Participatory Ontology

What is the math of interconnectedness?

The Topos

If the universe is mathematical, what is its structure?

Naturalizing Mathematics

Where do numbers come from?

The Philosophy and Neuroscience of Consciousness, Part III: Formless Consciousness and Zero Information

5,000 words Sign up for the Blank Horizons mailing list here. Header image taken from here. Editor’s Note Since interning at the Qualia Research Institute (QRI) last summer, my thinking on consciousness has been influenced strongly by its “memeplex,” the set of ideas and theories that define QRI as a research institute. I wouldn’t have […]

The Philosophy and Neuroscience of Consciousness, Part II: Mutual Information and Neural Coherence

9,000 words (including acknowledgments) Header image taken from here. Sign up for the Blank Horizons mailing list here. Nature is an interrogator, and consciousness is the answer. Editor’s Note The Qualia Research Institute has recently made me aware that there are considerably more overlaps between the content of this essay and ideas previously put forward […]