Brian, Tononi's information integration view of consciousness might fit your bill.
Overview: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6315 Paper (open access): http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/5/42 Cheers, Günther Brian Tenneson wrote: > Dear Everything List, > > Tegmark mentioned in an article the idea of self-aware structures, SAS. > He wrote that the search for such structures is ongoing, i.e., he > postulated the existence of such structures without giving examples. > > I'm wondering if consciousness and self-awareness has been > "mathematized" somewhere, preferably in documents I can download without > academic affiliation / subscription. > > I'm inclined to thing agents might be a pathway to this end, as well as > what David Wolpert is calling a device. > > Do any of the formalizations come close to being reflective of human > consciousness? In other words a mathematical model of human consciousness? > > Thank you. > > > > -- Günther Greindl Department of Philosophy of Science University of Vienna [email protected] Blog: http://www.complexitystudies.org/ Thesis: http://www.complexitystudies.org/proposal/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
