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Does the present moment depend on the moments not lived?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2022

Romain Brette Open the ORCID record for Romain Brette [Opens in a new window]
Romain Brette*
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Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Institut de la Vision, F-75012 Paris, France. romain.brette@inserm.fr; http://romainbrette.fr
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Abstract

Integrated information theory postulates that a conscious experience depends on a repertoire of hypothetical experiences (the axiom of information). This makes consciousness depend on the context that constrains the set of possibilities and on the scenarios imagined by the external observer, and not only on the system itself.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e43
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