Tools and tests for measuring the presence and complexity of consciousness are becoming available, but there is no established theoretical approach for what these tools are measuring. This article examines several categories of tests for making reasonable inferences about the presence and complexity of consciousness (defined as the capacity for phenomenal/subjective experience) and also suggests ways in which different theories of consciousness may be empirically distinguished. We label the various ways to measure consciousness the measurable correlates of consciousness (MCC) and include three subcategories in our taxonomy: (a) neural correlates of consciousness, (b) behavioral correlates of consciousness, and (c) creative correlates of consciousness. Finally, we reflect on how broader philosophical views about the nature of consciousness, such as materialism and panpsychism, may also be informed by the scientific process.

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我的意识计在哪里？如何测试意识的存在和复杂性

测量意识的存在和复杂性的工具和测试正在变得可用，但是对于这些工具所测量的内容还没有确定的理论方法。本文研究了几类测试，以合理推断意识的存在和复杂性（定义为现象/主观体验的能力），并提出了可以根据经验区分不同意识理论的方法。我们将测量意识的各种方法标记为意识的可测量相关性（MCC）并在我们的分类中包括三个子类别：（a）意识的神经相关，（b）意识的行为相关，以及（c）意识的创造性相关。最后，我们反思关于意识本质的更广泛的哲学观点，如唯物主义和泛心论，也可能受到科学过程的影响。