A search for an Isomorphism between Conscious Experience and Structure of Information by Nao Tsuchiya

July 2, 2020
by Naotsugu Tsuchiya

Traditional neuroscientific approaches on consciousness are typically either 1) searching for the neural correlates of consciousness, 2) proposing a model of some aspects of consciousness, or 3) developing mathematical theories of consciousness. In this talk, I propose another approach: a search for an isomorphism between consciousness and structure of information. This research program consists of: a) to characterize the structure of conscious phenomenology, b) to characterize the structure of information and c) to characterize the relationship between the two types of structures. I will present some of our preliminary work along this line of research.