A theoretically based index of consciousness independent of sensory processing and behavior

Selected reading: Perturbation, complexity measure and validation.

How to study this source

• What would explain conscious experience?

  commentaryPerturbation, complexity measure and validation

  Follow the perturbation, recorded response and validation comparison; note what the index does not directly measure.

Ideas and questions

Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.

Read alongside, read against

• Towards a true neural stance on consciousness

  Victor Lamme. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

• The Quest for Consciousness

  Christof Koch. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

• The Hidden Spring

  Mark Solms. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

• The Conscious Mind

  David Chalmers. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

• Consciousness

  Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy editors. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.