ABSTRACT

The theories of consciousness discussed by Doerig and colleagues tend to monolithically identify consciousness with some other phenomenon, process, or mechanism. But by treating consciousness as singular explanatory target, such theories will struggle to account for the diverse properties that conscious experiences exhibit. We propose that progress in consciousness science will best be achieved by elaborating systematic mappings between physical and biological mechanisms, and the functional and (crucially) phenomenological properties of consciousness. This means we need theories for consciousness science, perhaps more so than theories of consciousness. From this perspective, ‘predictive processing’ emerges as a highly promising candidate.

摘要

Doerig 及其同事讨论的意识理论倾向于将意识与其他一些现象、过程或机制一概而论。但是通过将意识视为单一的解释目标，这些理论将难以解释意识体验所表现出的各种特性。我们建议，通过详细阐述物理和生物机制之间的系统映射，以及意识的功能和（至关重要的）现象学特性，意识科学的进步将最好地实现。这意味着我们需要意识科学的理论，也许比意识理论更需要。从这个角度来看，“预测处理”是一个很有前途的候选者。