?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Amplifying+Phenomenal+Information%3A+Toward+a+Fundamental+Theory+of+Consciousness&rft.creator=Gabora%2C+Liane&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Complexity+Theory&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Fundamental+approaches+bypass+the+problem+of+getting+consciousness+from+non-conscious+components+by+positing+that+consciousness+is+a+universal+primitive.+For+example%2C+the+double+aspect+theory+of+information+holds+that+information+has+a+phenomenal+aspect.+How+then+do+you+get+from+phenomenal+information+to+human+consciousness%3F+This+paper+proposes+that+an+entity+is+conscious+to+the+extent+it+amplifies+information%2C+first+by+trapping+and+integrating+it+through+closure%2C+and+second+by+maintaining+dynamics+at+the+edge+of+chaos+through+simultaneous+processes+of+divergence+and+convergence.+The+origin+of+life+through+autocatalytic+closure%2C+and+the+origin+of+an+interconnected+worldview+through+conceptual+closure%2C+induced+phase+transitions+in+the+degree+to+which+information%2C+and+thus+consciousness%2C+is+locally+amplified.+Divergence+and+convergence+of+cognitive+information+may+involve+phenomena+observed+in+light+e.g.+focusing%2C+interference%2C+and+resonance.+By+making+information+flow+inward-biased%2C+closure+shields+us+from+external+consciousness%3B+thus+the+paucity+of+consciousness+may+be+an+illusion.%0A&rft.publisher=Imprint+Academic&rft.contributor=Goguen%2C+Joseph&rft.contributor=Forman%2C+Robert&rft.date=1999-10&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2547%2F1%2Fapi.html&rft.identifier=++Gabora%2C+Liane++(1999)+Amplifying+Phenomenal+Information%3A+Toward+a+Fundamental+Theory+of+Consciousness.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2547%2F