A Theory of Consciousness - Video 4

In this series of videos I propose a Theory of Consciousness that attempts to bridge the explanatory chasm that exists between our first-person realities (i.e., the way it feels to think) -- and our neurological knowledge of the way the brain works.

In this video, I demonstrate how the mind compares some object in the real, external world, against a remembered version of a similar object.
I also address some details and caveats.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• consciousness
• theory
• scheme
• primron
• obron
• artificial
• intelligence
• first-person
• hard
• problem
• qualia
• simulation
• mind
• brain
• psychology
• kosmoski

[NeoPsiTom]

Hi Jeff. I watched all 4, excellent. I periodically rewatch your videos. They're good. My brain is starting to itch. Thank you again. Tom

[jeffkosmo]

Thanks for the kind comments.

I appreciate it!

[Drastam]

Excellent series Jeff.

I dont think it explains the first-person side of the chasm, or the actual experience of qualia, but it is an excellent cognitive model of the neural architecture of the objective side of the chasm; or what happens in the brain when a first-person qualia experience is occurring.

I cannot see any way qualia can be explained within the paradigm of materialism. There is in my view a missing component - a persona non grata - in the paradigm of materialism.