Integrated information theory (IIT) 4.0: Formulating the properties of phenomenal existence in physical terms

被引：56

作者：

Albantakis L. ^{[1
]}

Barbosa L. ^{[1
,2
]}

Findlay G. ^{[1
,3
]}

Grasso M. ^{[1
]}

Haun A.M. ^{[1
]}

Marshall W. ^{[1
,4
]}

Mayner W.G.P. ^{[1
,3
]}

Zaeemzadeh A. ^{[1
]}

Boly M. ^{[1
,5
]}

Juel B.E. ^{[1
,6
]}

Sasai S. ^{[1
,7
]}

Fujii K. ^{[1
]}

David I. ^{[1
]}

Hendren J. ^{[1
,8
]}

Lang J.P. ^{[1
]}

Tononi G. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

[2] Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA

[3] Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

[4] Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON

[5] Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

[6] Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo

[7] Araya Inc, Tokyo

[8] Graduate School Language & Literature, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich

来源：

PLoS Computational Biology | 2023年 / 19卷 / 10 October期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;

关键词：

Quality of service;

D O I：

10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011465

中图分类号：

TN911 [通信理论];

学科分类号：

081002 ;

摘要：

This paper presents Integrated Information Theory (IIT) 4.0. IIT aims to account for the properties of experience in physical (operational) terms. It identifies the essential properties of experience (axioms), infers the necessary and sufficient properties that its substrate must satisfy (postulates), and expresses them in mathematical terms. In principle, the postulates can be applied to any system of units in a state to determine whether it is conscious, to what degree, and in what way. IIT offers a parsimonious explanation of empirical evidence, makes testable predictions concerning both the presence and the quality of experience, and permits inferences and extrapolations. IIT 4.0 incorporates several developments of the past ten years, including a more accurate formulation of the axioms as postulates and mathematical expressions, the introduction of a unique measure of intrinsic information that is consistent with the postulates, and an explicit assessment of causal relations. By fully unfolding a system’s irreducible cause–effect power, the distinctions and relations specified by a substrate can account for the quality of experience. Copyright: © 2023 Albantakis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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