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The integrated information theory of agency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2022

Hugh Desmond Open the ORCID record for Hugh Desmond [Opens in a new window]  and
Philippe Huneman Open the ORCID record for Philippe Huneman [Opens in a new window]
Hugh Desmond
Affiliation:
Institute of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne – CNRS, 75006 Paris, France. hugh.desmond@gmail.com www.hughdesmond.net philippe.huneman@gmail.com https://philippehuneman.wordpress.com
Philippe Huneman
Affiliation:
Institute of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne – CNRS, 75006 Paris, France. hugh.desmond@gmail.com www.hughdesmond.net philippe.huneman@gmail.com https://philippehuneman.wordpress.com
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Abstract

We propose that measures of information integration can be more straightforwardly interpreted as measures of agency rather than of consciousness. This may be useful to the goals of consciousness research, given how agency and consciousness are “duals” in many (although not all) respects.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e45
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