Only consciousness truly exists? Two problems for IIT 4.0's ontology

I Cea, N Negro, CM Signorelli - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In this article we present two ontological problems for the Integrated Information Theory of
Consciousness 4.0: what we call the (i) the intrinsicality 2.0 problem, and (ii) the engineering …

How to be an integrated information theorist without losing your body

I Cea, CM Signorelli - Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 2025 - frontiersin.org
Integrated Information Theory 4.0 (IIT) is one of the leading frameworks in the neuroscience
of consciousness (Consortium et al., 2023; Seth and Bayne, 2022; Signorelli et al., 2021). It …

[PDF][PDF] Big bang consciousness: IIT 4.0 and the origin of subjective experience

I Cea, N Negro, CM Signorelli - PsyAr**v. doi, 2024 - researchgate.net
This paper addresses a problem that arises from the ontological commitments of Integrated
Information Theory (IIT) 4.0, particularly its stance that only conscious entities truly exist. This …

Multilayer networks as embodied consciousness interactions. A formal model approach

CM Signorelli, JD Boils - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 2024 - Springer
An algebraic interpretation of multigraph networks is introduced in relation to conscious
experience, brain and body. These multigraphs have the ability to merge by an associative …

On the probabilistic character of irreducible mental causation

DR Dimitrijević - Synthese, 2024 - Springer
It has recently been remarked that the argument for physicalism from the causal closure of
the physical is incomplete. It is only effective against mental causation manifested in the …

Causal-Pattern Theories of Consciousness: A Challenge and a Meta-Causal Response

J Barnden - Manuscrito, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
This article presents a challenge concerning the causal efficacy of causal processes, distinct
from the much-discussed causal-exclusion problem. The new challenge is to consciousness …

Reassessing Information in Understanding the Temporality of Consciousness

IA Kanaev - 2024 - preprints.org
This paper delves into the concept of information within the context of conscious systems,
emphasizing the pivotal role of entropy as a fundamental aspect in comprehending …

From Consciousness to Integrated Information, and Back

MM Evensen - 2024 - uia.brage.unit.no
We have come to a standstill when it comes to understanding and the investigation of
consciousness. Whether consciousness exists or not, how it presents itself in the world, and …

Integrated Information Theory 4.0 is both weakly panpsychist and strongly dualist, but many theories of consciousness are also prone to it

SB Yurchenko - Journal of NeuroPhilosophy, 2024 - jneurophilosophy.com
Since its first formulation the Integrated Information Theory (IIT) has recently been updated to
the version 4.0. Unlike the previous versions where the problem of free will was completely …

[PDF][PDF] Big Bang consciousness: IIT 4.0 and the origin of consciousness

I Cea, N Negro, CM Signorelli - files.osf.io
This paper addresses a problem that arises from the ontological commitments of Integrated
Information Theory (IIT) 4.0, particularly its stance that only conscious entities truly exist. This …