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Physical integration: A causal account for consciousness

Antonio ChellaRiccardo Manzotti

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Consciousnessmedia_common.quotation_subjectModels NeurologicalintegrationperceptionCognitionPerceptionHumansCausationSet (psychology)media_commonNeuronsSettore ING-INF/05 - Sistemi Di Elaborazione Delle InformazioniCognitive sciencewholephysicalismUnityArtificial neural networkGeneral NeuroscienceGeneral MedicinePhysicalismconsciousneCausal efficacyConsciousnessPsychologySocial psychology

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The issue of integration in neural networks is intimately connected with that of consciousness. In this paper, integration as an effective level of physical organization is contrasted with a methodological integrative approach. Understanding how consciousness arises out of neural processes requires a model of integration in just causal physical terms. Based on a set of feasible criteria (physical grounding, causal efficacy, no circularity and scaling), a causal account of physical integration for consciousness centered on joint causation is outlined.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-07-12Journal of Integrative Neuroscience
https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219635214400044