Intrinsic Awareness, the Fundamental State of Consciousness

p. 190-196

Abstract

In an effort to simplify the complexity in the studies of consciousness, the author suggests to describe the conscious experiences as a fundamental state, the intrinsic awareness (I.A.), and functions of this fundamental state. I.A. does not depend on external environment, our sense organs, and our cognitions. This ground state of consciousness is timeless and irreducible to sub-constituents; therefore reductionism can apply neither to the analysis nor to the new theory of I.A. The methodology for investigating I.A. is proposed and the relation between I.A. and the hard problem in consciousness proposed by Chalmers is discussed.

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References

Bibliographical reference

Weili Luo, « Intrinsic Awareness, the Fundamental State of Consciousness », CASYS, 24 | 2010, 190-196.

Electronic reference

Weili Luo, « Intrinsic Awareness, the Fundamental State of Consciousness », CASYS [Online], 24 | 2010, Online since 06 September 2024, connection on 20 September 2024. URL : http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=3096

Author

Weili Luo

Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 32816, USA

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