What does 'information' mean in Integrated Information Theory?

Autores
Lombardi, Olimpia Iris; López, Cristian Ariel
Año de publicación
2018
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inglés
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Integrated Information Theory (IIT) intends to provide a principled theoretical approach able to characterize consciousness both quantitatively and qualitatively. By starting off identifying the fundamental properties of experience itself, IIT develops a formal framework that relates those properties to the physical substratum of consciousness. One of the central features of ITT is the role that information plays in the theory. On the one hand, one of the self-evident truths about consciousness is that it is informative. On the other hand, mechanisms and systems of mechanics can contribute to consciousness only if they specify systems’ intrinsic information. In this paper, we will conceptually analyze the notion of information underlying ITT. Following previous work on the matter, we will particularly argue that information within ITT should be understood in the light of a causal-manipulabilist view of information (López and Lombardi 2018), conforming to which information is an entity that must be involved in causal links in order to be precisely defined. Those causal links are brought to light by means of interventionist procedures following Woodward’s and Pearl’s version of the manipulability theories of causation.
Fil: Lombardi, Olimpia Iris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Filosofía "Dr. Alejandro Korn"; Argentina
Fil: López, Cristian Ariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Filosofía "Dr. Alejandro Korn"; Argentina. Universite de Lausanne; Suiza
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CAUSATION
INTEGRATED INFORMATION THEORY
MANIPULABILITY THEORY OF CAUSATION
SHANNON INFORMATION
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv What does 'information' mean in Integrated Information Theory?
title What does 'information' mean in Integrated Information Theory?
spellingShingle What does 'information' mean in Integrated Information Theory?
Lombardi, Olimpia Iris
CAUSATION
INTEGRATED INFORMATION THEORY
MANIPULABILITY THEORY OF CAUSATION
SHANNON INFORMATION
title_short What does 'information' mean in Integrated Information Theory?
title_full What does 'information' mean in Integrated Information Theory?
title_fullStr What does 'information' mean in Integrated Information Theory?
title_full_unstemmed What does 'information' mean in Integrated Information Theory?
title_sort What does 'information' mean in Integrated Information Theory?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lombardi, Olimpia Iris
López, Cristian Ariel
author Lombardi, Olimpia Iris
author_facet Lombardi, Olimpia Iris
López, Cristian Ariel
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author2 López, Cristian Ariel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CAUSATION
INTEGRATED INFORMATION THEORY
MANIPULABILITY THEORY OF CAUSATION
SHANNON INFORMATION
topic CAUSATION
INTEGRATED INFORMATION THEORY
MANIPULABILITY THEORY OF CAUSATION
SHANNON INFORMATION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Integrated Information Theory (IIT) intends to provide a principled theoretical approach able to characterize consciousness both quantitatively and qualitatively. By starting off identifying the fundamental properties of experience itself, IIT develops a formal framework that relates those properties to the physical substratum of consciousness. One of the central features of ITT is the role that information plays in the theory. On the one hand, one of the self-evident truths about consciousness is that it is informative. On the other hand, mechanisms and systems of mechanics can contribute to consciousness only if they specify systems’ intrinsic information. In this paper, we will conceptually analyze the notion of information underlying ITT. Following previous work on the matter, we will particularly argue that information within ITT should be understood in the light of a causal-manipulabilist view of information (López and Lombardi 2018), conforming to which information is an entity that must be involved in causal links in order to be precisely defined. Those causal links are brought to light by means of interventionist procedures following Woodward’s and Pearl’s version of the manipulability theories of causation.
Fil: Lombardi, Olimpia Iris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Filosofía "Dr. Alejandro Korn"; Argentina
Fil: López, Cristian Ariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Filosofía "Dr. Alejandro Korn"; Argentina. Universite de Lausanne; Suiza
description Integrated Information Theory (IIT) intends to provide a principled theoretical approach able to characterize consciousness both quantitatively and qualitatively. By starting off identifying the fundamental properties of experience itself, IIT develops a formal framework that relates those properties to the physical substratum of consciousness. One of the central features of ITT is the role that information plays in the theory. On the one hand, one of the self-evident truths about consciousness is that it is informative. On the other hand, mechanisms and systems of mechanics can contribute to consciousness only if they specify systems’ intrinsic information. In this paper, we will conceptually analyze the notion of information underlying ITT. Following previous work on the matter, we will particularly argue that information within ITT should be understood in the light of a causal-manipulabilist view of information (López and Lombardi 2018), conforming to which information is an entity that must be involved in causal links in order to be precisely defined. Those causal links are brought to light by means of interventionist procedures following Woodward’s and Pearl’s version of the manipulability theories of causation.
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