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IIT is ideally positioned to explain perceptual phenomena

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2022

Andrew M. Haun*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI53719, USA. haun2@wisc.edu; https://centerforsleepandconsciousness.psychiatry.wisc.edu/people/andrew-haun-phd/

Abstract

The target article's critique of the integrated information theory (IIT) of consciousness is misguided on several fronts, which I hope are addressed in other comments, but here I focus on the connection (or supposed lack thereof) between IIT and rigorous phenomenology, and IIT's connection to the psychophysics of perception.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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