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Too soon to say what consciousness is
Resource type
Journal Article
Author/contributor
- Allen, Colin (Author)
Title
Too soon to say what consciousness is
Abstract
No one is in a position to say what really matters for consciousness, or whether only living systems can instantiate the complexity needed for conscious feelings. Seth’s attempt to connect life to consciousness through the mathematics of active inference and free energy minimization plays one hunch, but it is too soon to say whether it is the best hunch.
Publication
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Date
2026/01
Volume
49
Pages
e316
Accessed
9/28/26, 7:05 AM
ISSN
0140-525X, 1469-1825
Language
en
Library Catalog
Cambridge University Press
Citation
Allen, C. (2026). Too soon to say what consciousness is. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 49, e316. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X25103877
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