ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
Phenomenal Consciousness and Emergence: Eliminating the Explanatory Gap.
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Abstract
The role of emergence in the creation of consciousness has been debated for over a century, but it remains unresolved. In particular there is controversy over the claim that a "strong" or radical form of emergence is required to explain phenomenal consciousness. In this paper we use some ideas of complex system theory to trace the emergent features of life and then of complex brains through three progressive stages or levels:
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