Alex Maier argues that a scientific explanation of consciousness requires grounding in formalized mathematics

In this episode of “Brain Inspired” Paul Middlebrooks talks with Alexander Maier, associate professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University, who makes the case that a scientific explanation of consciousness must be grounded in formalized mathematics, much like all other fundamental laws of nature. Integration information theory does just that, while also respecting the phenomenological, first-person perspective of subjective experience. The hope and promise is to directly map our conscious experience onto a formal mathematical structure, resulting in laws of consciousness.

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