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Consciousness as a Higher Level of Information Processing

Summary/Abstract: In this article I propose a project philosophy. My main thesis is that we can interpret consciousness as a higher form of information processing of material systems (biological organisms). I define consciousness with the following essential features: 1) representation (it represents somehow the internal or external environment of the system, of the living being), 2) first person perspective(somebody is experiencing), 3) phenomenality (qualitative character of certain experiences). By information I mean series of such internal or external effects concerning the system, which are “interpreted” as a sort of sign by the system. My hypothesis is that the emergence of consciousness is in a strong correlation with the special way of operation of a particular material system, with a special level of complexity and a special sort of information processing. In order to explain the emergence of consciousness, according to this hypothesis,one must carry out a comparative analysis of living beings of different level of complexity, with special regard to their particular way of functioning.

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