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causal structure
Also known as: causal structure, causal structures, Causal Structure, cause-effect structure
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In defense of scientifically and philosophically (not politically ... blog.apaonline.org Nov 14, 2023 4 facts
measurementIntegrated Information Theory defines Phi (Φ) as a measurement of the maximal irreducible causal structure that can be applied to any physical system.
claimIntegrated Information Theory postulates suggest that the neural correlate of being conscious is located in a temporal-parietal-occipital 'hot zone' of the brain, which possesses the neural architecture for reciprocal projections capable of manifesting a maximally irreducible cause-effect structure.
claimIntegrated Information Theory (IIT) proposes that consciousness can be measured by quantifying the maximal irreducible causal structure of a physical system.
claimIntegrated Information Theory (IIT) postulates that the physical substrate of consciousness exhibits a maximally irreducible cause-effect structure associated with integrated information.
A Hilbertian approach to biological problems | PLOS Complex ... journals.plos.org Nov 5, 2024 2 facts
claimPearl’s framework of causal and counterfactual inference based on structural models, when extended with information theory, provides tools for quantitatively analyzing causal structures.
procedureConstructing a map of the causal structure of switches requires overlapping complementary measurements at multiple scales rather than stitching together static models of separate scales.
Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers asserts that the 'hard problem' of consciousness is irreducible to the 'easy problems' because the easy problems pertain to the causal structure of the world, whereas facts about consciousness include information that goes beyond mere causal or structural description.
Track: Poster Session 3 - aistats 2026 virtual.aistats.org 1 fact
procedureThe two-stage non-parametric algorithm for change point detection in multivariate time series proceeds by: (1) learning parts of the causal structure through constraint-based discovery methods, and (2) employing conditional relative Pearson divergence estimation to identify the change points.
Naturalistic Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
claimHilary Kornblith claims that human minds are natively equipped with mechanisms tuned to the causal structure of the world and the clustering of properties in natural kinds, making humans hard-wired to project properties in ways that are typically reliable.
Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence? A Framework for Classifying ... arxiv.org Nov 20, 2025 1 fact
referenceThe framework identifies twelve specific objections to digital consciousness organized by level: (1) Beyond Turing Computability, (2) Dynamic Coupling, (3) Computational Complexity, (4) Engineering-Architectural Dimensions, (5) Physical Time, (6) Analog Processing, (7) Notion of Representation, (8) Triviality and Counterfactual Problems, (9) Causal Structure (IIT), (10) Slicing Problems, (11) Electromagnetic Fields, and (12) [unspecified].
A Survey on the Theory and Mechanism of Large Language Models arxiv.org Mar 12, 2026 1 fact
referenceThe paper 'Selective induction heads: how transformers select causal structures in context' was presented at The Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Representations.