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A Landscape of Consciousness in the Noosphere – Robert Lawrence Kuhn – N2 Conference
A Landscape of Consciousness in the Noosphere: Toward a Taxonomy of Explanations and Implications
Presented by Robert Lawrence Kuhn as part of Human Energy's N2 Conference 2023 at the University of California, Berkeley
Learn more about Robert's work at Closer to Truth.
In Teilhard de Chardin’s grand vision, the noosphere is an emergent entity that reflects the evolution of complexity in the universe and is constituted by the collective, planetary engagements of human minds. Human minds require consciousness and consciousness remains an amalgam of mysteries; even with advances in neuroscience, explanations of consciousness, rather than narrowing, are proliferating. I here array diverse explanations, or theories, of consciousness in a “landscape” of essences and mechanisms.
Categories: Materialism Theories (philosophical, neurobiological, homeostatic and affective, relational, and representational), Non-Reductive Physicalism, Quantum Theories, Integrated Information Theory, Panpsychisms, Monisms, Dualisms, Idealisms, Psi-Based Theories, Challenge Theories.
There are many subcategories, especially for Materialism Theories. Each explanation is self-described by its adherents, critique is minimal and only for clarification, and there is no attempt to adjudicate among the theories. The implications of categories or theories are assessed with respect to meaning/purpose/value (if any); AI consciousness; virtual immortality; and survival beyond death. A landscape of consciousness, I suggest, offers perspective.
Learn more at https://humanenergy.io
A Landscape of Consciousness in the Noosphere: Toward a Taxonomy of Explanations and Implications
Presented by Robert Lawrence Kuhn as part of Human Energy's N2 Conference 2023 at the University of California, Berkeley
Learn more about Robert's work at Closer to Truth.
In Teilhard de Chardin’s grand vision, the noosphere is an emergent entity that reflects the evolution of complexity in the universe and is constituted by the collective, planetary engagements of human minds. Human minds require consciousness and consciousness remains an amalgam of mysteries; even with advances in neuroscience, explanations of consciousness, rather than narrowing, are proliferating. I here array diverse explanations, or theories, of consciousness in a “landscape” of essences and mechanisms.
Categories: Materialism Theories (philosophical, neurobiological, homeostatic and affective, relational, and representational), Non-Reductive Physicalism, Quantum Theories, Integrated Information Theory, Panpsychisms, Monisms, Dualisms, Idealisms, Psi-Based Theories, Challenge Theories.
There are many subcategories, especially for Materialism Theories. Each explanation is self-described by its adherents, critique is minimal and only for clarification, and there is no attempt to adjudicate among the theories. The implications of categories or theories are assessed with respect to meaning/purpose/value (if any); AI consciousness; virtual immortality; and survival beyond death. A landscape of consciousness, I suggest, offers perspective.
Learn more at https://humanenergy.io