Some ‘how’ hypotheses

There are some hypotheses that seem very convincing. So far we have taken a quick look at the following:

• Bayesian calculations create consciousness. (2 Jun 08 is the brain bayesian) (24 Dec 08 Friston’s law) looked at the possibility put forward by K Friston.

• R Rensink has a hypothesis that there are two aspects of consciousness, the big picture without detail and the focus with a few items in detail. (29 Jul 08 change)

• R Llinas puts forward a hypothesis that the thalamus controls consciousness (6 Dec 08 yet more Llinas)

• The Gaillard group and others are finding the neural correlates of consciousness. (21 Mar 09 Neural correlates of consciousness) (24 Mar 09 The global workspace) (27 Mar 09 The P3 wave) (9 Aug 09 property of consciousness 2)

• Firth has a well developed theory (1 Jun 09 what is easy and what is hard) (4 Jun 09 feeling separate from the world) (7 Jun 09 feeling separate from others) (10 Jun 09 Bayesian perception) (13 Jun 09 error signals)

• It is always a good idea (if you can do it) to understand something by reinventing it. (19 Feb 09 On the way to artificial consciousness)

• Chalmers’ epiphenomenalism is not convincing. (1 Jul 09 Emerging understanding) (4 Jul 09 Chalmers and emergence) (7 Jul 09 Chalmers and epiphenomenalism) (11 Oct 09 hard-problem mindset)

• Tononi and panpsychic theory. (10 Jul 09 a panpsychic theory of consciousness) (2 Sep 09 search methods) (24 Sep 10 a consciousness meter)

• Morsella (8 Oct 09 resolving conflicting intentions) (1 Nov 09 Morsella 1) (4 Nov 09 Morsella 2)

• Fuster theory of cognit networks (31 Dec 09 Fuster’s theory of cognits) (3 Jan 10 more Fuster theory)

• Crick’s dying paper (19 Mar 10 the chaustrum)

• Lamme (9 Sep 10 Lamme model – less emphasis on introspection)

• Bar, Addis, Schacter (27 Sep 10 memories as a resource)

• My own hypothesis for many years has been massively parallel overlapping feed back loops within the cortex and between the cortex and the thalamus. (4 Jul 08 ambiguous perceptions) (14 Sep 08 feedback) (25 Feb 09 A different kind of computing) (28 Feb 09 Analog computers) (3 Mar 09 A big network) (26 Apr 09 My own tentative view)