Connecting Consciousness to Physical Causality: Abhinavagupta's Phenomenology of Subjectivity and Tononi's Integrated Information Theory

This article demonstrates remarkably similar methods for linking mind and body to address the “hard problem” in the work of 11th-century Indian philosopher Abhinavagupta with a currently prominent neuroscienctific theory, Tononi's Integrated Information Theory 3.0. Both Abhinavagupta and Tononi...

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Main Author: Biernacki, Loriliai (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2016]
In: Religions
Year: 2016, Volume: 7, Issue: 7, Pages: 1-11
Further subjects:B Abhinavagupta
B Phi
B Cognitive Science
B Consciousness
B Integrated Information Theory
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