Integrated information theory

This postdoctoral role combines computational neuroscience and philosophy to investigate integrated information theory as an intrinsic account of experience. Topics include objects, meaning, value, purpose, agency, actual causation, free will and responsibility. Work includes conceptual and formal analysis, manuscripts, accessible IIT Wiki explanations and scientific dissemination. The full-time position lists a $65,000 salary. Submit a cover letter, CV and two reference letters; the listed application contact is Matteo Grasso at grasso2@wisc.edu.

Alex Maier discusses consciousness through the lens of visual neurophysiology and integrated information theory. The conversation examines the appeal of a formal mathematical account, how it relates to experiments on perception and cortical organisation, and the challenges of developing laws for subjective experience.

…about time, and his objections to integrated information theory as an account of consciousness.

Christof Koch discusses scientific approaches to conscious experience, including integrated information theory. This series edition revisits an earlier conversation.

…the theoretical framework provided by Integrated Information Theory (IIT). First, I will introduce results showing that a maximum of integrated information within the human brain matches our best evidence

Integrated information theory (IIT) takes as its starting point phenomenology, rather than behavioral, functional, or neural correlates of consciousness. The theory characterizes the essential properties of phenomenal existence—which is immediate and indubitable. These are translated into physical properties, expressed operationally as cause-effect power, which must be satisfied by the neural substrate of consciousness. On this basis, the theory can account for clinical and experimental data about the presence and absence of consciousness. Current work aims at accounting for specific qualities

Christof Koch discusses scientific investigations of conscious experience and integrated information theory. Conversation in English.

Every day when we fall asleep we lose consciousness, we are not there. And then, every morning, when we wake up, we regain it. What mechanisms give rise to consciousness, and how can we explain consciousness in the realm of the physical world of atoms and matter? For centuries, philosophers and scientists have aimed to crack this mystery. Much progress has been made in the past decades to understand how consciousness is instantiated in the brain, yet critical questions remain: can we develop a consciousness meter? Are computers conscious? What about other animals and babies? We have embarked i